Thesbetis Terra

See Thebez. The alia (Heemonia). The aly, Eleg. 2. 7; P. L. 2. 544. the northeast part of Greece, bordering on the JEgean; called by the poets Hsemonia (e. g., Ovid, Met. 1. 568). It was famous for magic (Lucan, Pharsalia 6. 413-830), and hence, apparently, the magic herb of Comus 638 is called ch304.xhtml h 309