place
Eryx
Mountain in western Sicily, seat of the cult of Venus Erycina; 'she who holds the heights of Eryx' is Venus.
Reading notes
- The Loves §3.9 Eryx
Mountain in western Sicily sacred to Venus; 'she who holds the heights of Eryx' is the goddess herself.
- The Art of Love §2.20 Eryx
Mountain in Sicily with a famous temple of Venus Erycina; the goddess will not be forced by aphrodisiac drugs.
- The Festivals §4.23 Eryx
The Sicilian mountain and town with its famous temple of Venus, captured by Marcellus.
- The Cure for Love §17 Eryx
Mount Eryx in Sicily, seat of a famous cult of Venus (Venus Erycina), whose Roman temple stood by the Colline Gate.