place
Hesperia
'The Western Land', the Greek name for Italy used by Ilioneus.
Reading notes
- The Aeneid §2.781 Hesperian
The 'Western Land,' Italy, Aeneas's promised home.
- The Aeneid §3.163 Hesperia
The 'Western Land,' Italy, the true goal revealed by the Penates.
- The Aeneid §4.355 Hesperia
The 'Western Land,' Italy, of which Aeneas cheats Ascanius by lingering.
- The Aeneid §8.148 Hesperia
Hesperia, the 'Western Land' — Italy.