people
The Paeligni
Paeligni
also: Paelignian
An Italic people of the central Apennines around Sulmo; Ovid's native district, 'rich in grain and richer in grapes.'
Reading notes
- The Loves §2.16 Paelignian
The Italic people of Ovid's home district around Sulmo, its land 'rich in grain and richer in grapes.'
- Letters from the Black Sea §1.8 the Paelignian soil
The Paeligni, the Italian people of Ovid's native Sulmo; he names his lost country estate among the homes he no longer pines for, wishing only a plot to till at Tomis.
- The Festivals §4.19 the Paeligni
The central-Italian people of Ovid's homeland around Sulmo.