Meaning of cimmerian | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any of the mythical people supposed to inhabit a land of perpetual darkness.
   Greek
2. the language of the Cimmerians, possibly belonging to the Iranian branch
3. One of the Cimmerii, ancient equestrian nomads of Indo-European origin.
4. The prophetic priestess presiding over the Apollonian Oracle at Cimmerium in Italy.
   historical

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Examples

“The city, there, of the Cimmerians stands With clouds and darkness veil’d, on whom the sun Deigns not to look with his beam-darting eye,”

“On their mysterious shores were the improbable homes of impossible peoples. The Great Sea, the Broad Sea, the Boundless Sea; the Ethiopians, "dwelling far away, the most distant of men," and the Cimmerians, "covered with darkness and cloud," where "baleful night is spread over timid mortals."”

“Believe me, queen, your swarth Cimmerian Doth make your honour of his body's hue, Spotted, detested, and abominable.”

“The Phrygian power was broken in the 9th or 8th century B.C. by the Cimmerians, who entered Asia Minor through Armenia”

“1910, Herodotus (484 B.C.E.–425 B.C.E.), History of Herodotus, translated by George Rawlinson In his reign the Cimmerians, driven from their homes by the nomads of Scythia, entered Asia and captured Sardis”

“1867 to 1885, Lactantius (240–320 C.E.), Ante-Nicene Fathers, translated by William Fletcher Varro relates that there were ten Sibyls,—the first of the Persians, the second the Libyan, the third the Delphian, the fourth the Cimmerian...”

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