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Orcus

Orcus, the Lower World, prison of the dead, Orcus

  1. …ubi caelum condidit umbra Iuppiter, et rebus nox abstulit atra colorem. Vestibulum ante ipsum, primisque in faucibus Orci Luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae ; pallentesque habitant Morbi, tristisque Senectus, et Metus, et malesuada Fames…

    Vergil, Aeneid

  2. …enim quae sit natura animai, nata sit an contra nascentibus insinuetur et simul intereat nobiscum morte dirempta an tenebras Orci visat vastasque lacunas an pecudes alias divinitus insinuet se, Ennius ut noster cecinit, qui primus amoeno detulit ex…

    Lucretius, De Rerum Natura

  3. …. qui nunc it per iter tenebricosum illuc unde negant redire quemquam. at vobis male sit, malae tenebrae Orci, quae omnia bella devoratis ; tam bellum mihi passerem abstulistis. o factum male o miselle passer tua nunc…

    Catullus, Carmina

  4. …Stoice, ἔννοια sq. sq. in mediis rebus habitum sqq. sqq. Orata v. Sergius Orata Orcus Orestes et Pylades egregiumamicorum par sqq. sqq. cf. M. Pacuvius Oroetes, Darei praetor M .…

    M. Tullius Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum

  5. …inferos dicuntur, Acheron Cocytus Pyriphlegethon, tum Charon tum Cerberus di putandi. at id quidem repudiandum ; ne Orcus quidem igitur ; quid dicitis ergo de fratribus Haec Carneades aiebat, non ut deos tolleret quid enim philosopho minus…

    M. Tullius Cicero, de Natura Deorum

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