place
Esquiline Hill
the Esquiline
also: Esquiliae
A hill of Rome once a squalid burial-ground for the poor, reclaimed by Maecenas into healthy gardens — the setting Priapus guards.
Reading notes
- The Epodes §5 Esquiline birds
The Esquiline hill held a paupers' burial-ground and execution site; its carrion birds would scatter the boy's unburied limbs.
- The Satires §1.8 wholesome Esquiline
The Esquiline Hill, once a fetid burial-pit for the poor and for executed criminals, which Maecenas reclaimed into healthful gardens.