place
Hyrcania
Region by the Caspian, byword for wildness; its groves yield poison-saps.
Reading notes
- Medea §705 the Hyrcanian groves
Hyrcania, the wild region by the Caspian Sea.
- Phaedra §54 Hyrcanian
Hyrcania, by the Caspian Sea, proverbial for tigers.
- Thyestes §627 Hyrcanian
Hyrcania, the land south-east of the Caspian, proverbial for its tigers and snows.