people
Carthaginians
also: Poenus, Poeno
The Punic people of Carthage, Rome's great rival; 'both Carthaginians' means east and west alike.
Reading notes
- The Odes §2.2 both Carthaginians
The Punic peoples of east and west alike; mastering greed outdoes ruling them all.
- The Odes §2.12 Punic blood
Carthaginian blood, shed in the naval battles off Sicily.
- The Odes §2.13 Punic sailor
The Carthaginian seaman, who fears the known peril but not the sudden one.
- The Odes §3.5 Punic
Carthaginian; the standards hung in 'Punic shrines.'
- The Odes §4.4 Carthaginians
Whose 'impious tumult' laid waste the shrines later set right.