place
Illyria
also: Illyricum
The region along the eastern Adriatic coast; the source of the iris-root (orris) used in cosmetics and perfume.
Reading notes
- Letters from the Black Sea §2.2 Illyria
Illyria, the eastern Adriatic seaboard, subdued in the Pannonian-Dalmatian war and made to 'bear Caesar's foot.'
- Cosmetics for the Female Face §7 Illyrian
Illyria, the eastern Adriatic coast; its iris-root (orris) was a standard ingredient of perfumes and cosmetics.
- Metamorphoses §4.88 Illyrian borders
Illyria, the region on the eastern Adriatic to which the exiled Cadmus and Harmonia wander.
- Sorrows §1.4 Illyrian
Illyria, the eastern Adriatic coast, left behind as Ovid is driven past forbidden Italy.
- Sorrows §2.1 Illyrian
Illyria, the eastern Adriatic, another front of Augustus's wars.