Anticy̆ra

, two towns of Greece, the one in Phocis and the other near mount Oeta, both famous for the hellebore which they produced. This plant was of infinite service to cure diseases, and particularly insanity; hence the proverb Naviget Anticyram . The Anticyra of Phocis was anciently called Cypari a. It had a temple of Neptune, who was represented holding a trident in one hand and resting the other on his side, with one of his feet on a dolphin. Some writers, especially Horace ( Art of Poetry , li. 300 ), speak of three islands of this name, but this seems to be a mistake. Pausanias , bk. 10 , ch. 36 .— Horace , bk. 2 , satire 3, li. 166 ; Art of Poetry , li. 300 .— Persius , bk. 4 , li. 16 .— Strabo , bk. 9 .— Mela , bk. 2 , ch. 3 .— Ovid , ex Ponto , bk. 4 , poem 3, li. 53 .――A mistre of Demetrius. Plutarch , Demetrius .