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Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Horace Odes 1.33-Proper Nouns

Albius Tibullus-The elegiac poet (cf. Epp. 1. 4)
Glycera-A favorite of Horace. A female courtesan. (Hor. Carm. i. 19. 30. iii. 19.29.)
Lycorida-Lycoris is a fictitious name
Cyrus-Founder of the Persian monarchy.
Pholoe-The centaur.
Apulis-A region in southeastern Italy bordering the Adriatic Sea in the east, the Ionian Sea to the southeast, and the Strait of Òtranto and Gulf of Taranto in the south
Venus-Goddess of love and beauty
Myrtale-A freed woman, a friend of Horace
Hadriae-The Adriatic Sea
Calabros-A region in southern Italy, south of Naples, located at the "toe" of the Italian peninsula.

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