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  • The land of the Hyperboreans is a good example of the latter, and various islands of the

    NATURE GEORGE BOAS 1968

  • Far beyond the hills they thought there dwelt a nation known as Hyperboreans, or people beyond the region of Boreas, who lived in an atmosphere of feathers, enjoying Arcadian happiness, and stretching their peaceful lives out to a thousand years.

    The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic Arthur Gilman

  • The Hyperboreans were a mythical people beyond the Rhipaean mountains, in the far North.

    The Antichrist 1895

  • The Hyperboreans were a mythical people beyond the Rhipaean mountains, in the far North.

    The Antichrist Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche 1872

  • The Roman conception of the situation of these "Hyperboreans" and of the Rhipæan mountains may be seen in the map of Mela's world.] [Footnote 363: "Huic medio terra sublimis cingitur undique mari: eodemque in duo latera, quæ hemisphæria nominantur, ab oriente divisa ad occasum, zonis quinque distinguitur.

    The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest John Fiske 1871

  • "Yes," said Valhar, regretting now that he'd ever let the Hyperboreans and their Stygian companions enter his city.

    Archive 2009-12-01 Reis O'Brien 2009

  • Swifter than a striking asp, the Cimmerian, whose name was Conan and who had spent time as a slave in Hyperborea a few years past, the memories still fresh, smashed his joint of beef into the Hyperboreans face.

    Archive 2009-12-01 Reis O'Brien 2009

  • As the albino fell back, nose gushing blood, broken by the heavy bone, Conan's and the Hyperboreans bodyguard's swords flashed out.

    Archive 2009-12-01 Reis O'Brien 2009

  • Her first two solo albums 2006's Jackie Oates and 2008's The Violet Hour saw traditional material being given inventive arrangements. 2010's Hyperboreans also saw Oates working with alternative-folk musician Alasdair Roberts – and she particularly enjoys traditional and alternative sides of folk music coming together.

    Jackie Oates: the new face of folk 2012

  • "Yes," said Valhar, regretting now that he'd ever let the Hyperboreans and their Stygian companions enter his city.

    Conan Fan Fiction! Cromsblood 2009

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