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=Etymology=
==Lago d'Averno==
The name Averno refers to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Avernus Lake Avernus] (Lago d'Averno) in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avernus Avernus crate] near [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naples Naples], that the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome Romans] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_mythology mythologized] as the entrance to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underworld underworld] or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell hell].
==The Path to Hell is Easy==
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil Virgil] ('''29-19 BCE'''). ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeneid Aeneis]'', [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeneid#Underworld Book VI], lines 124-127 <ref>[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/facilis_descensus_Averno facilis descensus Averno - Wiktionary]</ref>
<span style="text-align: center;display: block;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Talibus orabat dictis, arasque tenebat,<br>
cum sic orsa loqui vates: "Sate sanguine divom,<br>
Tros Anchisiade, facilis descensus '''Averno''';<br>
noctes atque dies patet atri ianua Ditis;" <br></span>
loose translation by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dryden John Dryden], 1697
<span style="text-align: center;display: block;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Then thus replied the prophetess divine:<br/>
"O goddess-born of great Anchises' line,<br/>
The gates of hell are open night and day;<br/>
Smooth the descent, and easy is the way<br/></span>
=See also=
==Chess Engine==
* [http://www.quarkchess.de/averno/ Welcome to Averno home page] hosted by [[Thomas Mayer]]
* [http://www.computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:download:engine_download_list Engine Download List] from [[Ron Murawski|Ron Murawski's]] [http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=home Computer-Chess Wiki]
* [https://sites.google.com/site/hispanicchessengines/hispanic-american-engines-1/description Descriptions - Hispanic Chess Engines]
* [http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/404/cgi/engine_details.cgi?print=Details&each_game=1&eng=Averno%200.81 Averno 0.81] in [[CCRL|CCRL 40/4]]
* [http://kirr.homeunix.org/chess/kcec/cgi/engine_details.cgi?print=Details&match_length=20&eng=Averno+0.81&each_game=1 Averno 0.81] in [[KCEC]]
==Misc==
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Averno Averno - Wiktionary]
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/facilis_descensus_Averno facilis descensus Averno - Wiktionary]
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Avernus Avernus - Wiktionary]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Averno Averno (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avernus Avernus from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Avernus Lake Avernus from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_Stuff Bullet] - Hell, Demonic Possession, [https://www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=9943 The Entrance to Hell] (1971), [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: feat. [[:Category:John Du Cann|John Du Cann]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gustafson_(musician) John Gustafson], [[:Category:Paul Hammond|Paul Hammond]]
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxHgRqxTLXM|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
[[Category:Mythology]]
[[Category:Geography]]
[[Category:Paul Hammond]]
[[Category:John Du Cann]]
