place
Anticyra
also: Anticyram
A town famed for its hellebore, the standard ancient cure for madness; 'sail to Anticyra' means 'you need treatment for insanity.'
Reading notes
- The Art of Poetry §293-306 Anticyras
Anticyra, a town famed for the hellebore used to cure madness; 'three Anticyras' could not heal so mad a head.
- The Satires §2.3 of Anticyra
A town renowned for its hellebore; 'all of Anticyra' for the misers means their madness needs the entire supply of the cure.