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cyrene

/saɪˈɹiːni/

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What does cyrene mean?

proper noun

  1. A Thessalian princess and huntress demigod, companion of Artemis, lover of Apollo, and mother of Aristaeus and Idmon.
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proper noun

  1. (historical) A former city near Shahhat, Libya.

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"Apollo was several times married, among others to Issa, Bolina, Coronis, Chymene, Cyrene, Chione, Acacallis, and Calliope."
Arthur Sullivan; W. S. (William Schwenck) GilbertThe Complete Plays of Gilbert and SullivanProject Gutenberg ebook #808
An altogether remarkable man was this native of Cyrene, who came to Alexandria from Athens to be the chief librarian of Ptolemy Euergetes.
Henry Smith Williams; Edward Huntington WilliamsA History of Science — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #1705
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The province near Cyrene which produced it was very limited, and according to Strabo (ed.
George P. (George Perkins) MarshThe Earth as Modified by Human ActionProject Gutenberg ebook #6019
Therefore we do not read that either Epicurus, or that libertine school of Cyrene, or what the Cynic impudence uttered, was ever questioned by the laws.
John MiltonAreopagitica A Speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing to the Parliament of EnglandProject Gutenberg ebook #608
The first mention of stays that I have ever found is in the letters of dear old Synesius, Bishop of Cyrene, on the Greek coast of Africa, about four hundred years after the Christian era.
Charles KingsleySanitary and Social Lectures and EssaysProject Gutenberg ebook #1637