Pontus

Reading notes

• The Heroides §12 the Pontus

  The Black Sea, on whose far shore Colchis lay.

• The Heroides §18 Pontus

  The Black Sea, the 'furthest' bourne Leander would swim to by Hero's light.

• Letters from the Black Sea §1.4 for Pontus

  Pontus, the Black Sea and its coastlands; Jason's destination and, on its 'left' (western) shore, the region of Ovid's own exile.

• Letters from the Black Sea §1.9 as we are in Pontus

  Pontus, the Black Sea region of Ovid's exile, from which he cannot attend his friend's funeral, parted by a whole world.

• Ibis §1 Pontus

  The Black Sea (Pontus Euxinus) and its coast, the region of Ovid's exile at Tomis.

• Metamorphoses §15.511 and Pontus

  The Black Sea kingdom of Mithridates.

• Sorrows §1.2 Pontus

  The Pontus: the Black Sea region and its hostile shore, the land of Ovid's exile.