Chapter 1
the descent to Avernus_. CATALANI: Angelica Catalani (1779-1849). An Italian singer. MONSTRUM HORRENDUM: (Latin) _a horrible monster_, the epithet applied to the one-eyed giant, Polyphemus, in Vergil's "Aeneid,"
the descent to Avernus_. CATALANI: Angelica Catalani (1779-1849). An Italian singer. MONSTRUM HORRENDUM: (Latin) _a horrible monster_, the epithet applied to the one-eyed giant, Polyphemus, in Vergil's "Aeneid,"