What do Dionysia and Hesperaloe have in common?
Hesperaloe Hesperaloe (false yucca) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae. It contains perennial yucca-like plants with long, narrow leaves produced in a basal rosette and flowers borne on long panicles or racemes. The species are native to the arid parts of Texas in the United States and Mexico and are sometimes cultivated as xerophytic ornamental plants.
Thrinacia Thrinakia (Ancient Greek: Θρινακία , ] ), also called Trinacria or Tarnationus, is the island home of Helios's cattle in Book XII of Homer's "Odyssey", guarded by Helios' eldest daughter, Lampetia. It is sometimes said to have been Sicily, since the name "Thrinacia" could be taken to imply a connection to the number three (Greek "treis, tria" sounds vaguely similar to Thri-) and Sicily has three corners (cf. Trinacria, an alternate name for Sicily). However, the island is also associated with Malta, and that Sicily is often identified with the episode of the Cyclopes only serves to underscore the shaky footing any geographer is on when trying to identify Homer's locations.