Arabs

Reading notes

• The Odes §1.29 Arabs

  The wealthy peoples of Arabia, whose 'blessed treasures' Iccius now covets.

• The Odes §1.35 Arabs

  Named with the Massagetae as the proper objects of Roman war, not civil bloodshed.

• The Odes §2.12 Arabs

  Whose 'full houses' Horace would not take in exchange for a lock of Licymnia's hair.

• The Odes §3.24 Arabs

  Their 'untouched treasures' cannot buy off dread Necessity.

• The Epistles §1.6 Arabs

  The peoples of Arabia, proverbial for their wealth in spices and gold.