place
India
The far East at the edge of the Roman world, byword for exotic luxury; here the source of carved ivory.
Reading notes
- Cosmetics for the Female Face §1 India
The far East at the edge of the Roman world, byword for exotic luxury; here the source of the carved ivory of fine furnishings.
- Metamorphoses §1.12 the Indians
The peoples of India, set 'beneath the starry fires' of the East, passed by Phaethon.
- Metamorphoses §15.492 Conquered India
The eastern land Bacchus subdued, source of the amber-making lynxes.