place
the Styx
The chief river of the underworld, by which the gods swear; shaken by Jupiter's thunder.
Reading notes
- The Odes §1.34 the Styx
The underworld river shaken, with all creation, by Jupiter's bolt.
- The Odes §2.20 Stygian wave
The river of the underworld, by which the transformed poet will not be confined.
- The Odes §4.8 Stygian waves
From which the poets' praise rescues Aeacus.