B. Meton., poet., the region lying around this fountain, Stat. Th. 2, 322.—Hence, Dircæus , a, um, adj., Dircean; hence (pars pro toto), Boeotian: “Thebae,” Prop. 3, 17, 33 (4, 16, 33 M.); cf. “ager,” Stat. Ach. 1, 12: “arva,” Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 320: “Amphion,” Verg. E. 2, 24: “cygnus,” i. e. Pindar, Hor. C. 4, 2, 25: “heros,” i. e. Polynices, Stat. Th. 2, 142 et saep.—
II. The wife of the Theban prince Lycus, who, on account of her cruelty to Antiope, was tied to a bull by Amphion and Zetheus, and dragged about till dead, and was afterwards thrown (changed, acc. to the fable) into the above-named fountain, Prop. 3, 15, 13 (4, 14, 11 M.); Hyg. Fab. 7 and 8; Plaut. l. l.