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BISTONIS

Volume 2 · 41 words · 1778 Edition

(anc. geog.), a lake of Thrace near Abdera, on which dwelt the Bitones: hence Bifonius Tyrannus is by Lucan used to denote Diomedes king of Thrace, who fed his horses with human flesh; and Bifonius turbo, a wind blowing from Thrace.