Obscuris vera involvens
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The phrase (Template:Langx "Wrapping truth in mystery") is from Virgil's Aeneid (VI, 100).[1]
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"Talibus ex adyto dictis Cumaea Sibylla
horrendas canit ambages antroque remugit,
obscuris vera involvens: ea frena furenti concutit, et stimulos sub pectore vertit Apollo."
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It is also found on an engraving on the title page of Francis Bacon's Wisdom of the Ancients (1641 French edition).
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References
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External links
- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". Worldwide school library Aeneid (fifth paragraph)
- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". Picture of engraving on Wisdom of the Ancients (Francis Bacon Research Trust)