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ε3019Ἑρκύνιοι δρυμοίHercynian forests (?Black Forest)… part of the present entry), often depending on Hecataeus and Posidonius. It was of huge extent and was generally agreed to harbour the sources of the Danube, today contained within the Black Forest, which …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.