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Caronte

  In the 1st century BC, the Roman poet Virgil describes Charon, manning his rust-colored skiff, in the course of Aenea's descent to the underworld (Aeneid, Book 6), after the...

Caronte

  In the 1st century BC, the Roman poet Virgil describes Charon, manning his rust-colored skiff, in the course of Aenea's descent to the underworld (Aeneid, Book 6), after the...

Pape' Satan, pape' Satan, aleppe !

Pape' Satan, pape' Satan, aleppe !

Pape' Satan, pape' Satan, aleppe ! - Pluto. is the opening line of Canto VII of Dante Alighieri's Inferno. The line, consisting of three words, is famous for the uncertainty...

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Pape' Satan, pape' Satan, aleppe !

Pape' Satan, pape' Satan, aleppe ! - Pluto. is the opening line of Canto VII of Dante Alighieri's Inferno. The line, consisting of three words, is famous for the uncertainty...

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