Nicander
historical figure · 3 works · 3 mentions · 3 anchored passages
Nicander the Laconian
spoken of as
1 expressionin the texts
De Anima
Author cited for the report on Celtic tomb-vigil customs.
and the Celts, for the same cause, pass the night at the barrows of brave men, as Nicander affirms) — we no more truly suffer the dead in dreams than the living;
Scorpiace
A Greek poet-naturalist referenced as having written about and depicted the scorpion.
Nicander writes of it, and paints it.