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Definition of Antichthones

Antichthones
Antichthon An*tich"thon, n.; pl. Antichthones. [Gr. ?; ? against + ? the earth.] 1. A hypothetical earth counter to ours, or on the opposite side of the sun. --Grote. 2. pl. Inhabitants of opposite hemispheres. --Whewell.

Meaning of Antichthones from wikipedia

- Antichthones, in geography, are those peoples who inhabit the antipodes, regions on opposite sides of the Earth. The word is compounded of the Gr**** ὰντὶ...
- concepts surrounding the antipodes, including the related theories of antichthones and the alleged existence of a torrid zone Abiogenic petroleum origin...
- zones, a north and a south one. The second po****tion were known as Antichthones. However, it would be impossible to get into contact with each other...
- civilization at its edges, and Aethiopiae are at times described as antichthones, semi-mythic figures who lived beyond the edge of the known world. Aethiopiae...
- he believed uninhabitable and imp****ably hot. Mela ascribed the name "Antichthones" to the inhabitants of this continent. Philolaus's ideas were all eventually...
- zones, of which two only were habitable, he ****erts the existence of antichthones, inhabiting the southern temperate zone inaccessible to the folk of the...
- presented the term "antipodes" or, as he said "antipodas" as referring to antichthones (people who lived on the opposite side of the Earth), as well as to a...
- zones, of which two only were habitable, he ****erts the existence of antichthones, people inhabiting the southern temperate zone inaccessible to the folk...
- the suggested possibility of there being inhabitants of the antipodes (Antichthones). These inhabitants were considered by some to have separate origins...
- zones, of which two only were habitable, he ****erts the existence of antichthones, inhabiting the southern temperate zone inaccessible to the folk of the...