The Thracians

Reading notes

• The Odes §1.25 Thracian wind

  The cold north wind from Thrace, raging as Lydia's frustrated passion will rage.

• The Odes §1.27 Thracians

  Proverbial heavy drinkers, whose way is to turn the feast into a brawl.

• The Odes §1.36 Thracian draining-bout

  Drinking a cup at one draught, in the Thracian manner.

• The Epistles §1.18 Thracian gladiator

  The peoples of Thrace, proverbially fierce and 'impious,' invoked for their hard hearts.

• The Epodes §5 Thracians

  The peoples of Thrace, proverbially savage; even their hard hearts, the boy says, his youth could soften.