people
Sauromatae
also: Sarmatians, Sarmatae
Nomadic horse-and-bow people of the steppe north of the Danube, paired with the Getae as the menace ringing Ovid's exile.
Reading notes
- Letters from the Black Sea §1.2 Sarmatian arrows
The Sarmatians (Sauromatae), a mounted, bow-armed people of the steppe whose raids menaced Tomis; their poisoned arrows recur throughout the exile poems.
- Sorrows §1.2 Sarmatian land
The Sarmatian country north of the Danube, toward which, perversely, Ovid must pray for fair winds.
- Sorrows §2.1 Sauromatae
The Sarmatians, nomadic horse-archers of the steppe beyond the Danube.