''Hyrcanian beast'' - the Caspian tiger, now extinct. Hamlet likens Pyrrhus to a predatory beast. "Hyrcania" (or perhaps more properly "Hyrkania") is the ancient Greek name for the area southeast of the Caspian Sea, which the Greeks called the "Hyrcanian Sea." | ''Hyrcanian beast'' - the Caspian tiger, now extinct. Hamlet likens Pyrrhus to a predatory beast. "Hyrcania" (or perhaps more properly "Hyrkania") is the ancient Greek name for the area southeast of the Caspian Sea, which the Greeks called the "Hyrcanian Sea." |