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437 from Greek and Roman Materials

1. Charles Short, Charlton T. Lewis, A Latin Dictionary alphabetic letter S, entry Sa_so
   a small island near the promontory Acroceraunia, on the coast of Illyria, now Saseno, ; ; ; . (25.72)

2. Charles Short, Charlton T. Lewis, A Latin Dictionary alphabetic letter L, entry Ly^co^therses
   is, m., a king of Illyria, whom his wife Agave, the daughter of Cadmus, murdered, in order to give the kingdom to her father, ; ; . (21.45)

3. A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith) alphabetic letter A
   The wars with Illyria ( (20.90)

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21 from Renaissance Materials

1. Alexander Schmidt, Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary entry Illyria
   Illyria, the country in which the comedy of Twelfth Night is laid: . (13.44)

2. Alexander Schmidt, Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary entry Well - a - day
   I am as well in my wits as any man in Illyria. (8.65)

3. William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night (eds. W. Aldis Wright, W. G. Clark) act 1, scene 3, line 2
   Sir To. He's as tall a man as any's in Illyria.
   (7.59)

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3 from The Tragedie of Anthonie, and Cleopatra

1. Appendices
   Ant. if he ventures
   (As in Illyria once they say he did
   To storm a Town) 'tis when he cannot chuse,
   When all the World have fixt their eyes upon him;
   And then he lives on that for seven years after,
   But, at a close revenge he never fails.
   (4.64)

2. Critical Commentary act 0, scene 0, commline 15
   At the age of twenty he studied at Apollonia in Illyria, together with young Octavius, afterwards Augustus. (3.97)

3. Appendices section SOURCE OF THE PLOT, subsection Plutarch
   Octauius Cæsar had also for his part, all that which was in our Hemisphere, or halfe part of the world, from Illyria, unto the Ocean sea vpon the west: then all from the Ocean, vnto mare Siculum: & from Africk, all that which is against Italy, as Gavle, & Spain. (3.22)

1 from The Tragedie of Coriolanus

1. William Shakespeare, Appendix: The Tragedie of Coriolanus (ed. Horace Howard Furness, Jr., A. B.; Litt. D.) section SHAKESPEARE AND THE MASSES, subsection H. C. Beeching
   Moreover, on a stage like Shakespeare's, where it is character that is of moment, rather than manners, distinctions of class count for little, and in Illyria and the forest of Arden they become very shadowy. (2.55)

1 from The Bolles Collection on the History of London

1. Henry Mayhew, Extra Volume: London Labour and the London Poor chapter 5, page 200
   Sclavonian—Illyria, Kingdom . (5.14)

1 from American Memory: Upper Midwest

1. Historical collections. Collections and researches made by the Michigan pioneer and historical society ... Reprinted by authority of the Board of state auditors. Volume 9 page 132
   The lack of co-operation on the part of the government, was the reason why the school books, dictionaries, etc., of our schools at that time were printed at Layback, Illyria. (4.18)

1 from Beazley Archive

1. Beazley Archive Pottery Database entry 29585
   ILLYRIA, EPIDAMNOS (3.06)