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Cimmerians (sĭmēr`eənz), ancient people of S Russia of whom little is actually known. They are mentioned in Homer, but they emerge into history only in the 8th cent. B.C. when they were driven by the Scythians (see Scythia Scythians flourished from the 8th to the 4th cent. B.C. They spoke an Indo-Iranian language but had no system of writing. They were nomadic conquerors and skilled horsemen. ..... Click the link for more information. ) from their former home in Crimea and came to the region around Lake Van (in present-day E Turkey). Defeated (634 B.C.) by the Scythians, the Cimmerians swept across Asia Minor, plundering Lydia and breaking the power of Phrygia Phrygia (frĭ`jēə), ancient region, central Asia Minor (now central Turkey). The Phrygians, who settled here c.1200 B.C. ..... Click the link for more information. . The biblical Gomer Gomer (gō`mər), in the Bible. 1 Wife of the prophet Hosea . ..... Click the link for more information. may be the eponym of the Cimmerians, and they are mentioned in the inscriptions of the Assyrians, with whom they warred. Cimmerians dwellers in the land beyond Ocean, where the sun never shone. [Gk. Myth.: Odyssey XI:14] See : Gloominess Cimmerians half-mythical people dwelling in eternal gloom. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey] See : Night |
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