place
Dirce
The famous spring of Thebes.
Reading notes
- Hercules on Oeta §104 the Dircaean walls
Dirce, a spring at Thebes; 'Dircaean walls' means Thebes, where Hercules' mother was wed.
- Oedipus §28 Dirce
A spring and stream of Thebes, here gone dry in the drought.
- Oedipus §569 Dircaean tooth
The teeth of the dragon of Dirce's spring, sown by Cadmus to raise the first Thebans.
- The Phoenician Women §121 Dirce
The celebrated spring of Thebes.