Question

[james_davis_nicoll]

Is the opposite of Hyperborea Hyperaustralea?

Comments

[davidgoldfarb]

"Hyperborea" is "above" (ὑπέρ) the North Wind (Βορέας), so the opposite would be the South Wind, νότος. If you want to keep "hyper" as "beyond" then Hypernotus, and if you want to invert it then Hyponotus. "Australis" is Latin, not Greek.

(Yes I realize that I'm taking this a good bit more seriously than you were.)

[voidampersand]

You're mixing Greek and Latin there. The opposite of Hyperborea is something like Hypernotia. Or you could say the opposite of Hyperaquilonia is Hyperaustralia.

[machiavellijr]

Hyperaustralia is just Fourecks, isn't it? Or perhaps the complete works of A Bertram Chandler?

[ba_munronoe]

Drop Bears are probably involved.

[sturgeonslawyer]

The opposite of "Hyperborea", I should imagine, would be "Hypoborea".