Haemonia

Reading notes

• The Loves §1.14 Haemonian

  Of Haemonia (Thessaly), the land of witches; 'Haemonian water' is a sorceress's potion, here ruled out as the cause of the hair-loss.

• The Art of Love §2.5 Haemonian arts

  Haemonia (Thessaly) was proverbial for witchcraft; 'Haemonian arts' are spells and love-magic.

• The Heroides §6 Thessaly

  The region of northern Greece (also called Haemonia) that was Jason's homeland and the Argo's port of return.

• The Heroides §9 the Thessalian ridges

  The mountains of Thessaly (Haemonia) from which Hercules routed the Centaurs.

• The Heroides §12 the Haemonian cities

  The cities of Thessaly (Haemonia), to which Jason returned victorious with the Fleece.

• The Heroides §13 Thessalian altar

  An altar of Thessaly (Haemonia); all of them smoke with Laodamia's anxious offerings.

• The Heroides §16 the Thessalian land

  Thessaly, unharmed though Jason stole away a Colchian princess.

• Metamorphoses §1.10 Haemonia

  Thessaly, the land of the river Peneus and the gorge of Tempe.

• Metamorphoses §8.233 Haemonia

  Haemonia (Thessaly), to which the oread drives the dragon-chariot back.

• Metamorphoses §12.356 Haemonian

  Old name for Thessaly, Achilles's homeland ('Haemonian Achilles').

• The Cure for Love §9 Thessalian land

  Thessaly (Haemonia), proverbial in antiquity as the home of witches, poisons, and 'evil fodder' of magic herbs.

• Sorrows §1.10 Haemonian

  Haemonia, an old name for Thessaly; the 'Haemonian race' founded Cyzicus.