place
Rhine
also: Rhenus, Rheni
The great northern river, personified in epic; Alpinus 'mis-shapes its muddy head' in turgid description.
Reading notes
- The Art of Poetry §14-23 Rhine
The great river of Germany; a fashionable subject for descriptive verse, here cited as an irrelevant ornament.
- The Satires §1.10 of the Rhine
The great northern river, personified in epic; Alpinus 'mis-shapes its muddy head' in turgid description.