Note 32 — III. THULE, PART OF GREAT BRITAIN
Reading edition
In the following verse of Catullus (Carm. 27):
“Hunc Gallæ timent, hunc timent Britanniæ,”
we find “Britain” used to denote the whole of the British Isles.
Reading edition
In the following verse of Catullus (Carm. 27):
“Hunc Gallæ timent, hunc timent Britanniæ,”
we find “Britain” used to denote the whole of the British Isles.