Scythians

Reading notes

• The Secular Hymn §53-56 Scythians

  Nomadic peoples of the northern steppes, a type of the proud barbarian now seeking Rome's terms.

• The Odes §1.19 Scythians

  A remote barbarian people; the martial theme love forbids Horace to sing.

• The Odes §1.35 Scythians

  Wandering steppe-peoples who dread the goddess.

• The Odes §2.11 Scythian

  The remote steppe-people, 'parted from us by the Adriatic,' no cause for anxious thought.

• The Odes §3.8 Scythians

  Their bows unstrung, minded to withdraw from the plains.

• The Odes §3.24 Scythians

  The wagon-dwelling plainsmen whose communal, unfenced life Horace praises.

• The Odes §4.5 Scythian

  The 'icy Scythian,' another fear made idle by Caesar.

• The Odes §4.14 Scythian

  'The fugitive Scythian' who marvels at Augustus.