place
Axenus
The older, blunt name of the Black Sea, 'the Inhospitable,' which Ovid sets against its euphemistic later name Euxine.
Reading notes
- Sorrows §3.13 Euxine by a false name
The Black Sea, euphemistically 'Euxine' (hospitable) though truly 'Axenus' (inhospitable).
- Sorrows §4.4 Axenus
The old name of the Black Sea, 'the Inhospitable,' which Ovid feels truer than 'Euxine.'