place
the Red Sea
Red Sea
also: rubrum litus
The eastern sea (Red Sea / Persian Gulf), proverbial for its pearls and gems.
Reading notes
- On Benefits §7.2.5 the Red Sea
To the ancients, the seas of the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean; Alexander stood on its shore yet still lacked even the way he had come.
- Natural Questions §3.pr.10 the Red Sea
For the Romans, the seas south and east of Arabia (the Arabian Gulf and Indian Ocean); planting standards on its shore typifies vain imperial reach.
- Natural Questions §3.29.8 the Red Sea
The sea south-east of Egypt and Arabia, named among the doomed distinctions.
- Thyestes §336 Red shore
The eastern sea (Red Sea), proverbial for its pearls and gems.