place
Thessaly
also: Thessala
Region of northern Greece notorious as the home of witchcraft and of spells that draw down the moon.
Reading notes
- The Odes §1.27 Thessalian
The witch-poisons of Thessaly, proverbial land of magic, that not even a magician could undo.
- The Odes §1.37 Haemonia
Thessaly, on whose snowy plains the hunter chases the hare — the simile for the pursuit.
- The Odes §2.4 Thessalian victor
Achilles, the Thessalian, before whom the Trojan squadrons fell.
- The Epodes §5 Thessalian
Thessaly, the region of Greece most notorious for witchcraft and for spells that draw the moon from the sky.