Book 6.317-326
Aeneas marvels at the sight. He asks the Sibyl for explanation, and she tells him that those that cross have been buried.
Aeneas, miratus enim motusque tumultu,
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“Dic,” ait, “O virgo, quid vult concursus ad amnem?
318
Quidve petunt animae, vel quo discrimine ripas
319
hae linquunt, illae remis vada livida verrunt?”
320
Olli sic breviter fata est longaeva sacerdos:
321
“Anchisa generate, deum certissima proles,
322
Cocyti stagna alta vides Stygiamque paludem,
323
di cuius iurare timent et fallere numen.
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Haec omnis, quam cernis, inops inhumataque turba est;
325
portitor ille Charon; hi, quos vehit unda, sepulti.
326