Antichthones
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antichthones-179-12791400
title:
Antichthones
text:
Antichthones, in geography, are those peoples who inhabit the antipodes, regions on opposite sides of the Earth. The word is compounded of the Greek ὰντὶ ("opposed") and χθών ("earth"). Classical and Medieval Europe considered the Earth to be divided by the equator into two hemispheres, the northern and southern; those who inhabited one of these hemispheres were said to be antichthones to those of the other. This idea was expounded by Mela and other Classical authors, though Christian writers, w
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antichthones
date created:
2006-01-16T16:32:43Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T03:01:20Z
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