barathrum

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barathrum

(bəˈræθrəm)

1. any deep abyss

2. archaic Hell

3. literary an insatiable person; a glutton

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barathrum

- A bottomless pit or hell.

See also related terms for hell.

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The depth of her passion is compared to the barathrum (draining well) which Hercules dug near Pheneus (lines 109-118).

Tuplin continues to note that the love symbolised by a barathrum cannot be escaped.

But by the end of the barathrum simile (line 117), Laodamia's love is said to be deeper still: sed tuus altus amor barathro fuit altior illo ...

The Laodamia simile in Catullus 68: reflections on love and loss

For example, when Lucius initially ignores Byrrhena's warning, instead rushing back to Milo's house in his desire to subject himself to Pamphile's magic arts, MM claims that the characterisation of Lucius as rushing headlong in ipsum barathrum (Met.

D. van Mal-Maeder: Groningen Commentaries on Apuleius--Apuleius Madaurensis Metamorphoses--Livre II--Texte, Introduction et Commentaire

Along the way, they observed the seven 'wonders of the peak', named in the title: 'Aedes, Mons, Barathrum binus Fons, Antraque bina' ('House, mountain, chasm, double fountain, and twin caves').(3)