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ε3019Ἑρκύνιοι δρυμοίHercynian forests (?Black Forest)… in Italy. [1] The Greeks named the river Istros, Roman Ister, probably its Celtic name. The many Thracians (Dacians, Getae, etc.) along its banks and the delta mouth called it Matoas (Greek a)/sios, 'muddy'), …Matched in noteshighshort

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Ἑρκύνιοι δρυμοί

Hercynian forests (?Black Forest)

whence the Danube rises from its sources [as] navigable. See [also] under xrh=ma.

Ἑρκύνιοι δρυμοί· ὅθεν ὁ Ἴστρος ναυσιπόρος ἐκ πηγῶν αἴρεται. ζήτει ἐν τῷ χρῆμα.