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Lemnian earth
Lemnian Lem"ni*an (l[e^]m"n[i^]*an), a. [L. Lemnius, fr. Lemnus, Gr. Lh^mnos.] Of or pertaining to the isle of Lemnos. Lemnian bole, Lemnian earth, an aluminous earth of a grayish yellow color; sphragide; -- formerly sold as medicine, having astringent properties. Lemnian reddle, a reddle of firm consistence and deep red color; -- used by artificers in coloring.

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- deposits may have been exhausted by then). Pliny reports about the Lemnian earth: if rubbed under the eyes, it moderates pain and watering from the same...
- festivals in common. Both were believed to have great healing powers, and Lemnian earth (terra Lemnia), from the spot on which Hephaestus had fallen, was believed...
- of ancient labyrinths: the Cretan labyrinth, an Egyptian labyrinth, a Lemnian labyrinth, and an Italian labyrinth. These are all complex underground...
- elements, such as Thracian, Tyrrhenian, Pelasgian, Phrygian or Hittite. The Lemnian cult was always local to Lemnos, but the Samothracian mystery cult spread...
- Heinemann, 1931. Online version at the Topos Text Project. Philostratus the Lemnian (Philostratus Major), Flavii Philostrati Opera. Vol 2. Carl Ludwig Kayser...
- Heinemann, 1931. Online version at the Topos Text Project. Philostratus the Lemnian (Philostratus Major), Flavii Philostrati Opera. Vol 2. Carl Ludwig Kayser...
- suggesting autochthonous connections, but on the other hand he notes that the Lemnian language found on the "Lemnos stele" is closely related to Etruscan, entailing...
- Miscellaneous Sonnets 1827 When Philoctetes in the Lemnian isle 1827 "When Philoctetes in the Lemnian isle" Miscellaneous Sonnets 1827 While Anna's peers...
- "Euripides [also] brought Orpheus into his play Hypsipyle, which dealt with the Lemnian episode of the Argonautic voyage; Orpheus there acts as coxswain, and later...
- earliest attested reference to Lemnos is the Mycenaean Gr**** ra-mi-ni-ja, "Lemnian woman", written in Linear B syllabic script. During the 1980s, the Skourta...