Lesbos

Reading notes

• The Odes §1.1 Lesbian lyre

  The lyre of Lesbos — the Aeolic lyric of Sappho and Alcaeus that Horace claims as his tradition.

• The Odes §1.17 Lesbian wine

  The mild wine of Lesbos to be drunk in the shade.

• The Odes §1.26 Lesbian quill

  The plectrum of Lesbian (Aeolic) lyric, with which the Muse is to consecrate Lamia.

• The Epistles §1.11 Lesbos

  Aegean island producing a celebrated mild wine.

• The Epodes §9 Lesbian

  A mild, prized wine from the island of Lesbos.