Finally, they reach Elysium and gain entrance (645-757).
The search among the shades of the Blessed for Anchises, and the meeting between father and son (758-828).

Anchises explains the mystery of the Transmigration of Souls, and the book closes with the revelation to AEneas of the future greatness of Rome, whose heroes, from the days of the kings to the times of Augustus, pass in procession before him (829-1071).

He is then dismissed through the Ivory Gate, and sails on his way to Caieta (1072-1080).
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Weeping he speaks, and gives his fleet the rein, And glides at length to the Euboean strand Of Cumae.

There, with prows towards the main, Safe-fastened by the biting anchors, stand The vessels, and the round sterns line the land.
Forth on the shore, in eager haste to claim Hesperia's welcome, leaps a youthful band.
These search the flint-stones for the seeds of flame, Those point to new-found streams, or scour the woods for game.
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