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thumb thumb The ''Theriaca'' () is the longest surviving work of the 2nd-century BC Greek poet Nicander of Colophon. It is a 958-line hexameter poem describing the nature of venomous creatures, including snakes, spiders, and scorpions, and the wounds that they inflict.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/aconite/nicander.html )〕 Nicander also wrote the companion work ''Alexipharmaca'', which explored other poisons and venoms. ==Etymology== The title is the Latinized form of the Greek neuter plural adjective (''thēriaka''), "having to do with venomous animals",〔.〕 which in turn derives from (''thērion''), "wild animal".〔.〕 A corresponding English noun theriac also exists.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=theriaca )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Theriaca (poem)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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