god
Neptune
Roman god of the sea, father of Cycnus.
Reading notes
- Agamemnon §565 Neptune
God of the sea, who splits the rock under Ajax with his trident and drowns him.
- On the Firmness of the Wise Man §4.2 Neptune
Roman god of the sea; the allusion is to Xerxes' reputed arrogance in fettering the Hellespont, futile against a divinity.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §8.73.5 Neptune
Neptune, Roman god of the sea; sailors and merchants paid him vows for safe passage, the richer cargo owing the larger thank-offering --- Seneca's figure for owing more for a peace one turns to good use.
- Oedipus §247 master of the winds
Neptune (Aeolus's overlord of the sea), driving his dark chariot over the deep.
- Oedipus §247 father Neptune
Neptune, god of the sea that washes the Isthmus on both sides; Oedipus swears by him as a Corinthian.
- Phaedra §330 king of the Nereids
Neptune, lord of the sea, who feels Cupid's darts even in the deep.
- The Trojan Women §182 Neptune
Roman god of the sea, father of Cycnus.