person
Lydia
A recurrent woman of the love odes: object of jealousy (1.13), reproved for ruining Sybaris (1.8) and for her fading allure (1.25).
Reading notes
- The Odes §1.8 Lydia
The woman reproved for unmanning the young athlete Sybaris with love.
- The Odes §1.13 Lydia
The woman whose praise of a rival inflames the jealous speaker.
- The Odes §1.25 Lydia
The once-besieged beauty, now aging and neglected, who will lament the lovers she scorned.
- The Odes §3.9 Lydia
Speaker of the alternate verses, once 'more renowned than Roman Ilia.'