English Dictionary

Cimmerian

/sɪˈmɪəɹ.ɪ.ən/

noun

(Greek mythology) Any of the mythical people supposed to inhabit a land of perpetual darkness. / one of the Cimmerii, ancient equestrian nomads of Indo-European origin

The Cimmerian is a fictional character created by Robert E. Howard.

意味（1）

(Greek mythology) Any of the mythical people supposed to inhabit a land of perpetual darkness.

The city, there, of the Cimmerians stands

With clouds and darkness veil’d, on whom the sun

The city, there, of the Cimmerians stands With clouds and darkness veil’d, on whom the sun Deigns not to look with his beam-darting eye,

意味（2）

one of the Cimmerii, ancient equestrian nomads of Indo-European origin

Believe me, queen, your swarth Cimmerian

Doth make your honour of his body's hue,

Believe me, queen, your swarth Cimmerian Doth make your honour of his body's hue, Spotted, detested, and abominable.

意味（3）

(historical) the prophetic priestess presiding over the Apollonian Oracle at Cimmerium in Italy.

Varro relates that there were ten Sibyls,—the first of the Persians, the second the Libyan, the third the Delphian, the fourth the Cimmerian...