Indians

Reading notes

• The Secular Hymn §53-56 Indians

  The peoples of India, the far East, who send to seek Rome's answer — a sign of Augustan reach.

• The Odes §1.12 Indians

  The peoples of the eastern shore, named with the Seres.

• The Odes §1.31 Indian ivory

  Ivory from India, a luxury the poet does not crave.

• The Odes §3.24 India

  'Wealthy India,' another byword for riches that do not free the mind.

• The Odes §4.14 Indian

  Another far people that admires the princeps.

• The Epistles §1.6 Indians

  The peoples of India, a type of the farthest East and a source of ivory.