Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Pontus” in text comm, poem 66, commline 48 of E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus:
... o pater et rex Iuppiter, ut pereat
positum robigine telum
. The Chalybes here referred to are undoubtedly not
those of Spain, but
the tribe of iron-workers in Pontus ; cf.
a)fiknou=ntai ei)s *xa/lubas. ou(=toi
o)li/goi te h)=san kai\ o( bio/s h)=n toi=s plei/stois
au)tw=n a)po\ sidhrei/as.
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