medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 17:39:55 -0500, you wrote:
>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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>Colleagues,
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>I am puzzling over a reference in a letter of Pope Pius II. He refers
>to the Scythians as beyond the Euxine Sea (Black Sea) & the "Pirricheos
>montes." This is not in Orbis latinus. Anyone have a good idea what he
>means?
>
>Tom Izbicki
Could this be a transliteration of a Scythian name for the Caucasus
mountains?
Gordon
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