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Caria (Turkey) (search for this): text comm, poem 36
11.246). apertos, storm-beaten; Mela says the bay was pleraque asper accessu. Ancona (from the Greek form *)agkw/n): this well-known city of Picenum contained a temple of Venus Marina; cf. Juv. 4.40 domum Veneris, quam Dorica sustinet Ancon. Cnidum: in this famous city at the extremity of the Cnidian Chersonese in Caria were several temples of Aphrodite, and the renowned statue of the goddess by Praxiteles. harundinosam: the reeds of Cnidus were a great article of export on account of their excellence for manufacture into paper; cf. Plin. NH 16.157; Aus. Ep. 7.49 nec iam fissipedis per calami vias grassetur Cnidiae sulcus harundinis. Amathunta: a seaport town
Cyprus (Cyprus) (search for this): text comm, poem 36
ess, with which cf. the prayer of Chryses to Phoebus, Hom. Il. 1.37ff., etc. Idalium: a town and wooded mountain of Cyprus, whereon stood a renowned temple of Aphrodite; cf. Catul. 61.17; Catul. 64.96; Verg. A. 1.680 hunc super alta Cythera aut superam fissipedis per calami vias grassetur Cnidiae sulcus harundinis. Amathunta: a seaport town of southern Cyprus, where the Adonis cult was especially carried on; cf. Catul. 68.51 duplex Amathusia (of Venus). Golgos: this town of Cyprus held, according to Paus. 8.5.2, the oldest shrine of Aphrodite; cf. Theocr. 15.100 de/spoin' a(\ *golgw/s te kai\ *)ida/lion e)fi/lasas . Durrachium: formerly called Epidamnus, a seaport in southern Illyria, and t
Epidamnus (Albania) (search for this): text comm, poem 36
Amathunta: a seaport town of southern Cyprus, where the Adonis cult was especially carried on; cf. Catul. 68.51 duplex Amathusia (of Venus). Golgos: this town of Cyprus held, according to Paus. 8.5.2, the oldest shrine of Aphrodite; cf. Theocr. 15.100 de/spoin' a(\ *golgw/s te kai\ *)ida/lion e)fi/lasas . Durrachium: formerly called Epidamnus, a seaport in southern Illyria, and the common port of arrival and departure for the passenger traffic between Italy and the East; hence Hadriae tabernam. acceptum face: i.e. discharge the account, now that the vow is to be paid; cf. the commercial term in Cic. Rosc. Com. 1.4 in codice accepti . On face see Catul. 34.8n. Si: etc. cf. Catul. 6.2 and Catul. 10.4; if Ca
Illyria (search for this): text comm, poem 36
southern Cyprus, where the Adonis cult was especially carried on; cf. Catul. 68.51 duplex Amathusia (of Venus). Golgos: this town of Cyprus held, according to Paus. 8.5.2, the oldest shrine of Aphrodite; cf. Theocr. 15.100 de/spoin' a(\ *golgw/s te kai\ *)ida/lion e)fi/lasas . Durrachium: formerly called Epidamnus, a seaport in southern Illyria, and the common port of arrival and departure for the passenger traffic between Italy and the East; hence Hadriae tabernam. acceptum face: i.e. discharge the account, now that the vow is to be paid; cf. the commercial term in Cic. Rosc. Com. 1.4 in codice accepti . On face see Catul. 34.8n. Si: etc. cf. Catul. 6.2 and Catul. 10.4; if Catullus had not departed from the
Italy (Italy) (search for this): text comm, poem 36
68.51 duplex Amathusia (of Venus). Golgos: this town of Cyprus held, according to Paus. 8.5.2, the oldest shrine of Aphrodite; cf. Theocr. 15.100 de/spoin' a(\ *golgw/s te kai\ *)ida/lion e)fi/lasas . Durrachium: formerly called Epidamnus, a seaport in southern Illyria, and the common port of arrival and departure for the passenger traffic between Italy and the East; hence Hadriae tabernam. acceptum face: i.e. discharge the account, now that the vow is to be paid; cf. the commercial term in Cic. Rosc. Com. 1.4 in codice accepti . On face see Catul. 34.8n. Si: etc. cf. Catul. 6.2 and Catul. 10.4; if Catullus had not departed from the strict form of the vow by offering a witty equivalent for the forfeited pledge, there
Cnidus (Turkey) (search for this): text comm, poem 36
Greek form *)agkw/n): this well-known city of Picenum contained a temple of Venus Marina; cf. Juv. 4.40 domum Veneris, quam Dorica sustinet Ancon. Cnidum: in this famous city at the extremity of the Cnidian Chersonese in Caria were several temples of Aphrodite, and the renowned statue of the goddess by Praxiteles. harundinosam: the reeds of Cnidus were a great article of export on account of their excellence for manufacture into paper; cf. Plin. NH 16.157; Aus. Ep. 7.49 nec iam fissipedis per calami vias grassetur Cnidiae sulcus harundinis. Amathunta: a seaport town of southern Cyprus, where the Adonis cult was especially carried on; cf. Catul. 68.51 duplex Amathusia (of Venus).
Lemnos (Greece) (search for this): text comm, poem 36
ined poetaster, but the particular verses that had stung her, which would naturally be destroyed after a reconciliation as painful memorials (cf. Hor. Carm. 1.16 on a similar occasion). Catullus now playfully ignores the real meaning of her words, and pitches upon Volusius as the pessimus poeta of his acquaintance, whose works are therefore due to Vulcan. tardipedi deo: i.e. Vulcan, who was lamed by the fall from heaven to Lemnos (Hom. Il. 1.586ff.); cf. Tib. 1.9.49 illa velim rapida Volcanus carmina flamma torreat ; Quint. 8.6.24 Vulcanum pro igne vulgo audimus. infelicibus lignis: cf. Macrob. 3.20.3 arbores quae inferum deorum avertentiumque in tutela sunt, eas infelices nominant … quibus portenta prodigiaque mala comburi iubere oportet ; Legg. Regg. ap.
Ancona (Italy) (search for this): text comm, poem 36
Garganus in Apulia, on the bay of Urias (Mela 2.4.66). Its connection with the worship of Venus is unknown, though Ellis ascribes it to the association of this district with Diomedes (Verg. A. 8.9), who founded cities (e.g. Venusia) and temples in honor of Aphrodite (Serv. on Verg. A. 11.246). apertos, storm-beaten; Mela says the bay was pleraque asper accessu. Ancona (from the Greek form *)agkw/n): this well-known city of Picenum contained a temple of Venus Marina; cf. Juv. 4.40 domum Veneris, quam Dorica sustinet Ancon. Cnidum: in this famous city at the extremity of the Cnidian Chersonese in Caria were several temples of Aphrodite, and the renowned statue of the goddess by Praxiteles. harundinosam: the reeds
Gargano (Italy) (search for this): text comm, poem 36
ed mountain of Cyprus, whereon stood a renowned temple of Aphrodite; cf. Catul. 61.17; Catul. 64.96; Verg. A. 1.680 hunc super alta Cythera aut super Idalium recondam ; Verg. A. 1.692 in altos Idaliae lucos. Urios: apparently an otherwise unknown parallel form for Urium (Ptol. 3.1.17; Strab. VI. 3.9.), the name of a town which lay at the foot of Mons Garganus in Apulia, on the bay of Urias (Mela 2.4.66). Its connection with the worship of Venus is unknown, though Ellis ascribes it to the association of this district with Diomedes (Verg. A. 8.9), who founded cities (e.g. Venusia) and temples in honor of Aphrodite (Serv. on Verg. A. 11.246). apertos, storm-beaten; Mela says the bay was pleraque asper accessu. Anco
Apulia (Italy) (search for this): text comm, poem 36
, whereon stood a renowned temple of Aphrodite; cf. Catul. 61.17; Catul. 64.96; Verg. A. 1.680 hunc super alta Cythera aut super Idalium recondam ; Verg. A. 1.692 in altos Idaliae lucos. Urios: apparently an otherwise unknown parallel form for Urium (Ptol. 3.1.17; Strab. VI. 3.9.), the name of a town which lay at the foot of Mons Garganus in Apulia, on the bay of Urias (Mela 2.4.66). Its connection with the worship of Venus is unknown, though Ellis ascribes it to the association of this district with Diomedes (Verg. A. 8.9), who founded cities (e.g. Venusia) and temples in honor of Aphrodite (Serv. on Verg. A. 11.246). apertos, storm-beaten; Mela says the bay was pleraque asper accessu. Ancona (from the G
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