English: The land of Ithilien in Tolkien's Middle-earth has Mediterranean and Classical connections. Its name suggests Italy. Its "dishevelled dryad loveliness" ties it to Classical Greek dryads (tree-nymphs). The named plants are Mediterranean species. The etymology of Terebinth and Hyacinth, ostensibly Greek, may be from Asia Minor with a pre-Greek "-nth-" element.
Based on Burton, Philip 'Eastwards and Southwards': Philological and Historical Perspectives on Tolkien and Classicism, pp. 273–304 in Williams, Hamish , ed. (2021) Tolkien and the Classical WorldISBN: 978-3-905703-45-0. OCLC: 1237352408. ; Jenkyns, Richard (1980) The Victorians and Ancient Greece, Oxford: Blackwell, p. 49
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