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Pontus

noun

(Greek mythology) ancient personification of the sea; father of Nereus. Synonym: Pontos.

An ancient region of northern Asia Minor on the Black Sea; it reached its height under Mithridates VI but was later incorporated into the Roman Empire.

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... till the flesh is consumed by putrefaction, and then burying the bones, it is perhaps impossible to guess; but it is remarkable that AElian and Apollonius Rhodius impute a similar practice to the ancient inhabitants of Colchis, a country near Pontus in Asia, now called Mingrelia; except that among them this manner of disposing of the dead did not extend to both sexes: The women they buried; but the men they wrapped in a hide; and hung up in the ...

— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 12 • Robert Kerr

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