Cumae
place · 5 works · 5 mentions · 6 anchored passages
my house near Cumae
in the texts
Lucullus
Coastal town near Naples, cited as the location of Catulus's villa, visible from the narrator's vantage point.
Epicurus says his senses are truthful.
On Moral Ends
Cicero's villa near Cumae, the setting for the dialogue with Torquatus and Triarius.
For when both had come to me at my house near Cumae to pay their respects, after a few words at first about literature, in which the zeal of each was supreme, Torquatus said:
Tusculan Disputations
Italian city where the exiled Tarquin lived out his final years in distress.
When he could not be restored to his kingdom by the arms of the Veientes nor of the Latins, he is said to have betaken himself to Cumae, and in that city to have been worn out by age and distress.
De Rerum Natura
A volcanic region in Italy cited as a site of a Birdless place due to sulphurous fumes.
With steaming springs.
Charged with the pungent sulphur, and increased
Such spot's at Cumae, where the mountains smoke,
Pythian
A coastal region in Italy, both mythically pressing on Typhon and the site of the historical naval battle against the Carthaginians and Etruscans.
Once the famous Cilician cave nurtured him, but now the sea-girt cliffs above Cumae, and Sicily too, lie heavy on his shaggy chest.
I entreat you, son of Cronus, grant that the battle-shouts of the Carthaginians and Etruscans stay quietly at home, now that they have seen their arrogance bring lamentation to their ships off Cumae.