place
Lake Avernus
Avernus
also: Averni lacus, Avernus, Lake Avernus
A volcanic crater-lake near Cumae in Campania, anciently regarded as an entrance to the underworld and a site of necromantic oracles. Cicero, with villas nearby, calls it 'in our own neighborhood.'
Reading notes
- Tusculan Disputations §1.37 in our own neighborhood, Lake Avernus
Lake Avernus near Cumae in Campania, a volcanic crater-lake traditionally regarded as an entrance to the underworld and a site of oracles of the dead. 'Our own neighborhood' reflects Cicero's villas on the Bay of Naples.