[813] Portus Averni is the harbour of Cumae. Comp. 3. 441, 442., 6. 236 foll., and note on G. 2. 161. Serv., and after him Spence, find an inconsistency in the passage as ordinarily pointed, as Neptune's promise that Aeneas should reach Cumae is not the same thing as Venus' request that he may arrive at the Tiber, and propose to remove it by separating ‘Averni’ from ‘portus’ and taking it with ‘gurgite:’ but the dangers of the voyage were in fact over when they reached Cumae, and Virg.'s love of variety is not to be controlled.
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