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  • noun large and widely distributed genus of hairstreak butterflies

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Examples

  • _The Strymon is a river of Thrace, which runs by the city Edonis: it was of old called the river Palæstinus_.

    A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) Jacob Bryant 1759

  • The confidence of the Greek emperor was revived by the solemn oaths and fair assurances with which he sealed the ratification of the treaty: and a rich domain on the banks of the Strymon was assigned for the annual payment of three hundred thousand aspers, the pension of an Ottoman prince, who was detained at his request in the Byzantine court.

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

  • With the city largely undamaged and the grateful inhabitants unharmed, this strategic gateway to the east became a crucial garrison town and commercial center controlling the timber and mineral resources of the whole Strymon valley.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

  • To the east along the road to Byzantium beyond the Strymon River was the savage land of Thrace, where tattooed warriors crafted intricate gold jewelry and regarded plundering as the only honorable means of living.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

  • To the east along the road to Byzantium beyond the Strymon River was the savage land of Thrace, where tattooed warriors crafted intricate gold jewelry and regarded plundering as the only honorable means of living.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

  • To the east along the road to Byzantium beyond the Strymon River was the savage land of Thrace, where tattooed warriors crafted intricate gold jewelry and regarded plundering as the only honorable means of living.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

  • The tribesmen left their mountain hideouts and began moving down the Strymon valley above Amphipolis with their hearts set on plunder and revenge.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

  • With the city largely undamaged and the grateful inhabitants unharmed, this strategic gateway to the east became a crucial garrison town and commercial center controlling the timber and mineral resources of the whole Strymon valley.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

  • With the city largely undamaged and the grateful inhabitants unharmed, this strategic gateway to the east became a crucial garrison town and commercial center controlling the timber and mineral resources of the whole Strymon valley.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

  • The tribesmen left their mountain hideouts and began moving down the Strymon valley above Amphipolis with their hearts set on plunder and revenge.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

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