Theriaca
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Theriaca may refer to:
  • Theriaca (poem)
    Theriaca (poem)
    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 which they inflict....

     by Nicander of Colophon, Greek poet of 2nd century BC
  • Theriaca or Theriac
    Theriac
    Theriac or theriaca was a medical concoction originally formulated by the Greeks in the 1st century AD and became popular throughout the ancient world as far away as China and India via the trading links of the Silk Route...

    , ancient Greek remedy
  • Venice treacle, also called Andromachi theriaca, antidote against venom
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