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The Averno was identified with the hell. Strabone gives it a dark and mysterious look and he described it surrounded by thick and shady woods (that is to say the deep dark blue of the water) and the unhealthy exalations - that they told they caused the flying birds' death.
This lake caused a kind of superstitious terror: Strabone tells no one dared to drink the water coming from a source close to the lake; they thought any source was in communication with the hell river called Stige.
The presence of deads oracle gives more strenght to this alarming scene. This oracle was consulted by pilgrims guided by the priests after offering blood sacrifices and prayed the hell gods .