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Avernus was believed to be the entrance to the underworld, and is portrayed as such in the Aeneid of Virgil.According to tradition, all birds flying over the lake were destined to fall dead, [3] hence the lake’s name was transferred to Greek as Ἄορνος (λίμνη) Áornos (límnē) ‚ or 'birdless (lake)'. [4]
Greeks who settled in Italy identified the Acherusian lake into which Acheron flowed with Lake Avernus. Plato in his Phaedo identified Acheron as the second greatest river in the world, excelled only by Oceanus. Following Greek mythology, Charon ferries souls across the Acheron to Hell. Those who were neutral in life sit on the banks.
Lake Avernus (Italian: Lago d'Averno) is a volcanic crater lake located in the Avernus crater in the Campania region of southern Italy, around 4 kilometres (2 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles) west of Pozzuoli. It is near the volcanic field known as the Phlegraean Fields ( Campi Flegrei ) and comprises part of the wider Campanian volcanic arc .
The Greek period at Cumae came to an end in 421 BC, ... In Roman mythology, there is an entrance to the underworld located at Avernus, a crater lake near Cumae, ...
Averno or Lake Avernus is a lake west of Naples that the Romans mythologized as the entrance to the underworld. The Greek myth of Demeter's daughter Persephone and her marriage to Hades is a recurring topic in the collection, as are the themes of oblivion and death, soul and body, love and isolation.
Cumaean Sibyl by Andrea del Castagno Cumaean Sibyl on a coin of 43 BC, shown riding in a biga drawn by lions with a patera in her hand.. The Cumaean Sibyl (Latin: Sibylla Cumana) was the priestess presiding over the Apollonian oracle at Cumae, a Greek colony near Naples, Italy.
Jupiter wrenches out Lara's tongue and orders Mercury, psychopomp and god of boundaries and transitions, to conduct her to the "infernal marshes" of Avernus, the gateway to the Underworld, the dismal realm of Pluto. Along the way, Mercury rapes her, despite her pleading glances.
In Greek mythology, Acherusia (Ancient Greek: Ἀχερουσία λίμνη, romanized: Akherousía límnē or Ἀχερουσίς, Akherousís) was a name given by the ancients to several lakes or swamps, which, like the various rivers called Acheron, were at some time believed to be connected with the underworld, until at last the Acherusia came to be considered to be in the lower world itself.