Benacus

Benacus in the territory of Verona, to which all the herbalists in the country continually flock; Ortelius one in Apulia, Munster Mons major in Istria; others Montpelier in France; Prosper Altinus prefers Egyptian simples, Garcias ab Horto Indian before the rest, another those of Italy, Crete, &c.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Benacus, draped in gray reeds, led to battle in his advancing pine.

The Aeneid of Virgil 70 BC-19 BC Virgil

Hermus and Pactolus in having gold; or because the Benacus was in the district of the Thusci, who came from the Lydians.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 Various

-- The reasons given for the word meaning Lydian seem to be insufficient; because it is said the Benacus resembles the Lydian rivers

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 Various

(Fair stream, whose birth from sire Benacus flows),

The Aeneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor 70 BC-19 BC Virgil 1902

The face of the country was uneven; and we kept alternately winding and climbing among the spurs of the Alps. At length the magnificent expanse of Lake Garda, the Benacus of the ancients, opened before us.

Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge James Aitken Wylie 1849

Yesterday I was on the shores of the Benacus, with his _fluctibus et fremitu_.

Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals Thomas Moore 1815

Lake Benacus, 62 and trampled, with his Scythian cavalry, the farms of Catullus and Virgil.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

All this she possesses, in the midst of natural scenery such as assuredly exists nowhere else in the habitable globe -- a wild Alpine river foaming at her feet, from whose shore the rocks rise in a great crescent, dark with cypress, and misty with olive: illimitably, from before her southern gates, the tufted plains of Italy sweep and fade in golden light; around her, north and west, the Alps crowd in crested troops, and the winds of Benacus bear to her the coolness of their snows.

A Joy For Ever (And Its Price in the Market) John Ruskin 1859

Benacus) which was formerly a marsh, but now made into an island by the simple process of ditch cutting: at the southern end is the Sermione hill and its picturesque Scottish-German Castle.

The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus Gaius Valerius Catullus 1855