Hey, was listening to this the other day and I noticed that the lyrics to the choir parts aren't in the cd booklet like they are for Prelude in V.
Does anyone have them or their meaning?
Sure I heard the word "Acherus" in it
Acheron, meaning "river of woe", is a river that runs in northwestern Greece, and is connected to various underworld mythos. In Greek mythology, the river Acheron was a branch of the river Styx; Acheron was the border to Hades, and those seeking to enter Hades had to pay Charon, the ferryman, for passage. Those who could not were condemned to wander the banks of the Acheron for one hundred years.
In his epic Aeneid, the Roman poet Virgil uses "Acheron" to refer to all of Hades, and says the following to the main character, Aeneas: "Flectere si nequeo superos, Acheronta movebo" ("If I cannot deflect the will of Heaven, I shall move Hell").
Acheron was also described as the river that formed the border of Hell. In the Inferno, book one of his Divine Comedy, Dante Aligheri - given a guided tour of Hell by Virgil - meets Charon at the banks of the Acheron and pays for passage across (at Virgil's insistence and despite Charon's reservations, as Dante was still a living man during his journey through Hell).
Does anyone have them or their meaning?
Sure I heard the word "Acherus" in it
Acheron, meaning "river of woe", is a river that runs in northwestern Greece, and is connected to various underworld mythos. In Greek mythology, the river Acheron was a branch of the river Styx; Acheron was the border to Hades, and those seeking to enter Hades had to pay Charon, the ferryman, for passage. Those who could not were condemned to wander the banks of the Acheron for one hundred years.
In his epic Aeneid, the Roman poet Virgil uses "Acheron" to refer to all of Hades, and says the following to the main character, Aeneas: "Flectere si nequeo superos, Acheronta movebo" ("If I cannot deflect the will of Heaven, I shall move Hell").
Acheron was also described as the river that formed the border of Hell. In the Inferno, book one of his Divine Comedy, Dante Aligheri - given a guided tour of Hell by Virgil - meets Charon at the banks of the Acheron and pays for passage across (at Virgil's insistence and despite Charon's reservations, as Dante was still a living man during his journey through Hell).
