place
Hesperia
also: Hesperiis
The 'Western Land' — Italy, or (in 1.36) Spain, the 'farthest Hesperia' from which Numida returns.
Reading notes
- The Odes §1.28 Hesperian waves
The waters off Italy ('the Western Land') the East wind threatens.
- The Odes §1.36 farthest Hesperia
Spain, the 'farthest West,' from which Numida has come home.
- The Odes §2.1 Hesperia
Italy ('the Western Land'), whose ruin in civil war resounds to the East.
- The Odes §2.17 Hesperian wave
The western (Italian) sea, over which Capricorn is said to rule.
- The Odes §3.6 Hesperia
'The western land,' i.e. Italy, afflicted by the gods' neglect.
- The Odes §4.5 Hesperia
Italy, for which the people pray Caesar grant 'long holidays.'