Encyclopedia > Avernus

Article Content

Avernus

Avernus was an ancient name for a crater near Cumae, Campania. It was believed to be the entrance to the underworld. In later times, the word was simply an alternate name for the underworld.

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!

Featured Article

Sanskrit language

... forms (Prakrits) such as Pali and Ardhamagadhi[?]. There are several times more documents preserved in Sanskrit than in Latin and Greek combined. The languag ...