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• 9 · Classical Mythology and Ancient History
• 96 · Roman gods and legends
• 96B · the story of Aeneas' wanderings to Italy (Virgil, Aeneid)
• 96B5 · the arrival at Cumae and the visit to the underworld (Virgil, Aeneid VI)

96B54 · Aeneas' visit to the underworld

• 96B541 · Aeneas, guided by the Sibyl, enters the underworld through the cave of Avernus
• 96B542 · Aeneas and the Sibyl reach the Styx, where they meet the ghosts of the unburied dead, among others Palinurus
• 96B543 · Charon conveys Aeneas and the Sibyl in his boat; they alight at the gates of Pluto's kingdom
• 96B544 · Cerberus is offered a drugged cake ~ Aeneas' visit to the underworld
• 96B545 · Aeneas and the Sibyl meet various groups of the dead, among them is Dido, who turns aside
• 96B546 · Aeneas and the Sibyl pass by Tartarus
• 96B547 · Aeneas affixes the 'Golden Bough' to the threshold of Pluto's palace
• 96B548 · Aeneas in the Elysian Fields