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Autochthon   Listen
noun
Autochthon  n.  (pl. E. authochthons, L. autochthones)  
1.
One who is supposed to rise or spring from the ground or the soil he inhabits; one of the original inhabitants or aborigines; a native; commonly in the plural. This title was assumed by the ancient Greeks, particularly the Athenians.
2.
That which is original to a particular country, or which had there its origin.





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"Autochthon" Quotes from Famous Books



... the name which in the Hellenic language is Eumelus, in the language of the country which is named after him, Gadeirus. Of the second pair of twins, he called one Ampheres and the other Evaemon. To the third pair of twins he gave the name Mneseus to the elder, and Autochthon to the one who followed him. Of the fourth pair of twins he called the elder Elasippus and the younger Mestor. And of the fifth pair he gave to the elder the name of Azaes, and to the younger Diaprepes. All these and their descendants were the inhabitants and rulers ...
— The Antediluvian World • Ignatius Donnelly


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