place
Persia
also: Achaemenio
The Achaemenid East, byword for luxury; 'Persian nard' is a costly perfumed oil.
Reading notes
- The Odes §1.38 Persian trappings
Eastern luxury and elaborate garlands, which the poet rejects for the plain myrtle.
- The Odes §3.9 the Persians
'Happier than the king of the Persians' — proverbial Eastern felicity.
- The Odes §4.15 Persians
'The faithless Persians,' who will not break the edicts.
- The Epodes §13 Persian nard
Costly perfumed oil of the Achaemenid (Persian) East, a luxury for the feast against care.