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place

Hyrcania

also: Hyrcanian

A wild region by the Caspian, proverbial for its tigers.

Reading notes

The Aeneid §4.367 Hyrcanian
A wild Caspian region proverbial for tigers, which Dido says suckled Aeneas.

Mentioned in 1 work (2 mentions)

The Aeneid poem · 2 mentions