"Euxine Sea" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... [173]Petah Or, the priest of Orus; or, in a more lax sense, the votaries of that God. They were [Greek: Androktonoi]; for they sacrificed all strangers, whom fortune brought upon their coast: so that the whole Euxine sea, upon which they lived, was rendered infamous from their cruelty: but they did not take their name ...
— A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. • Jacob Bryant
... courage might perhaps have placed him in the rank of saints and martyrs. * Some nice and subtle errors, which he imprudently adopted and obstinately maintained, concerning the doctrine of the Trinity, excited the zeal and indignation of the Eastern churches. From Egypt to the Euxine Sea, the bishops were in arms and in motion. Several councils were held, confutations were published, excommunications were pronounced, ambiguous explanations were by turns accepted and refused, treaties were concluded and violated, ...
— The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Volume 2 • Edward Gibbon |
