place
Sidon
also: Sidonian
Phoenician city famed for purple dye; a 'Sidonian cloak' is a luxurious purple robe.
Reading notes
- The Heroides §9 a Sidonian cloak
A luxurious purple robe of Phoenician Sidon, unbecoming the hero.
- Letters from the Black Sea §1.3 walls of Sidon
Sidon, the Phoenician city Cadmus quitted; emblem of the homeland left behind for a greater foundation.
- Metamorphoses §4.88 from Sidon
Sidon, the Phoenician city from which Cadmus set out before sowing the dragon's teeth.
- Metamorphoses §10.300 Sidonian
Sidon in Phoenicia, source of the purple dye of the coverlets.