the Adriatic

Reading notes

• The Odes §1.3 the Adriatic

  The storm-prone sea between Italy and the Balkans.

• The Odes §1.33 Adriatic

  The stormy sea whose curving bays figure Myrtale's fierceness.

• The Odes §2.11 Adriatic

  The sea that 'divides' Rome from the distant enemies.

• The Odes §2.14 Adriatic

  The hoarse, storm-broken sea we vainly avoid; death comes regardless.

• The Odes §3.3 Adriatic

  The storm-tossed sea whose 'turbulent lord' is the South wind.

• The Odes §3.9 Adriatic

  'Touchier than the brutal Adriatic,' yet the speaker would live and die with him.

• The Odes §3.27 Adriatic

  Its 'black gulf' the poet knows too well.

• The Epistles §1.18 Adriatic

  The sea between Italy and the Balkans, notorious for sudden violent storms.