people
Getae
the Getae
A Thracian people of the lower Danube, the dominant population around Tomis; Ovid paints them as fierce, trousered, bow-armed horsemen.
Reading notes
- Letters from the Black Sea §1.1 Getic shore
The Getae, a Thracian people of the lower Danube whose territory ringed Tomis; Ovid makes their name a byword for barbarism and cold.
- Letters from the Black Sea §1.5 the hard Getae
The Getae of the lower Danube, among whom Ovid composes; he claims to write only to forget his plight, not for fame in so wild an audience.
- Letters from the Black Sea §1.10 the Getic lands
The land of the Getae about Tomis, poor in feasts and wine; Ovid uses its bareness to refute any charge of luxurious living.
- Sorrows §2.1 Getae
The fierce Thracian people of the lower Danube, the dominant population around Tomis.