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Age Of Fable Or Beauties Of Mythology: Chapter XXXII: The Infernal Regions - The Sibyl.

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From: History of the World
Date: 19920101
Author:Bulfinch, Thomas

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Chapter XXXII: The Infernal Regions - The Sibyl.

The Infernal Regions.

As at the commencement of our series we have given the pagan account of the creation of the world, so as we approach its conclusion, we present a view of the regions of the dead, depicted by one of their most enlightened poets, who drew his doctrines from their most esteemed philosophers. The region where Virgil locates the entrance into this abode, is perhaps the most strikingly adapted to excite ideas of the terrific and preternatural of any on the face of the earth. It is the volcanic region ...

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