The Simois

Reading notes

• The Loves §1.15 Simois

  River of the Trojan plain; its waters frame the enduring world of the Iliad.

• The Art of Love §2.6 Simois

  River of the Trojan plain, here sketched by Ulysses in the sand.

• The Heroides §1 Simois

  A river of the Trojan plain, a landmark in the soldiers' re-tellings of the war.

• The Heroides §7 Simois

  A river of the Trojan plain, Aeneas's true native water, set against the foreign Tiber.

• The Heroides §13 Simois

  A river of the Trojan plain, named among the dreaded places.

• Metamorphoses §13.400 Simois

  A river of the Trojan plain; 'sooner will Simois flow backward' is an adynaton.