Pæstum

, a town of Lucania, called also Neptunia and Posidonia by the Greeks, where the soil produced roses which blo omed twice a year. The ancient walls of the town, about three miles in extent, are still standing, and likewise venerable remains of temples and porticoes. The Sinus Pæstan us on which it stood is now called the gulf of Salerno . Virgil , Georgics , bk. 4 , li. 119 .— Ovid , Metamorphoses , bk. 15 , li. 708 ; ex Ponto , bk. 2 , poem 4, li. 28 .