person
Lalage
also: Lalagen
The sweetly-laughing, sweetly-speaking beloved of 1.22 (the name means 'prattle').
Reading notes
- The Odes §1.22 Lalage
Horace's 'sweetly-laughing, sweetly-speaking' beloved, whose praise keeps even the wolf at bay.
- The Odes §2.5 Lalage
The girl 'not yet ripe' for love, who will soon seek a husband—Horace's recurrent beloved.