place
Praeneste
also: Praenestinus
A Latin hill town (modern Palestrina); Rupilius Rex, the 'man of Praeneste,' answers Persius with the coarse, salty abuse of its vineyard workers.
Reading notes
- The Odes §3.4 Praeneste
A cool Latian hill-town the Muse-favored poet enjoys.
- The Epistles §1.2 Praeneste
A Latin hill town (modern Palestrina); Rupilius Rex, the 'man of Praeneste,' answers Persius with the coarse, salty abuse of its vineyard workers.
- The Satires §1.7 the man of Praeneste
Praeneste (modern Palestrina), a Latin hill town; Rupilius Rex answers with the coarse, 'salty' abuse of its vineyard laborers.