place
Euboea
also: Euboean, Chalcis
The large Greek island; its city Chalcis founded Cumae, so Virgil calls Cumae's coast 'Euboean' and 'Chalcidian.'
Reading notes
- The Aeneid §6.2 Euboean
Cumae was founded from Chalcis on Euboea, so its shore is called Euboean (and below, Chalcidian).
- The Aeneid §9.710 Euboean
Euboea; the 'Euboean shore' of Baiae recalls its Euboean (Cumaean) founders.
- The Aeneid §11.260 Euboean cliffs
Euboea; off its Caphareus the homing Greek fleet was wrecked.