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that makes better sense than anything I can find in our reference
books.
Tom Izbicki
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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
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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,
>
>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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