place
the Capitol
also: Capitolio
The citadel and chief temple-hill of Rome, against which Cleopatra was said to plot ruin.
Reading notes
- The Odes §1.37 the Capitol
Rome's citadel, against which the queen was said to plot 'mad ruin.'
- The Odes §3.24 Capitol
To it, or the sea, the repentant should fling their useless gold.
- The Odes §3.30 Capitol
Whose ascent by the pontiff and Vestal measures the poet's enduring fame.
- The Odes §4.3 Capitol
To which the triumphant general is led — a fate not the Muse's poet's.