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Iberia

noun

An ancient geographical region to the south of the Caucasus Mountains that corresponded approximately to the present-day Georgia.

A peninsula in southwestern Europe. Synonym: Iberian Peninsula.

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... magic compounds in the practice of Greek witchcraft, numerous examples occur in the tragic and comic poetry of Greece; and the philtres, or love-charms, of Theocritus are well known. The names of Colchis, Chaldea, Assyria, Iberia, Thrace, may indicate the origin of a great part of the Hellenic sorceries. Yet, if the more honourable science may have been of foreign extraction, Hellas was not without something of the sorcery of modern Europe. The infernal goddess Hecate, of Greek celebrity, is the omnipotent patroness ...

— The Superstitions of Witchcraft • Howard Williams

... is he whose loss is laughter when he counts the wager worth, Put down your feet upon him, that our peace be on the earth." For he heard drums groaning and he heard guns jar, (Don John of Austria is going to the war.) Sudden and still—hurrah! Bolt from Iberia! Don John of ...

— Poems • G.K. Chesterton

Words linked to "Iberia" : Spain, Europe, peninsula, Iberian, Andorra, Portuguese Republic, Kingdom of Spain, geographic area, geographical region, Portugal, geographic region, Iberian Peninsula, Principality of Andorra, Espana, geographical area