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Euxine Sea

/ ˈjuːksaɪn /

noun

  1. an ancient name for the Black Sea


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From Egypt to the Euxine Sea, the bishops were in arms and in motion.

To the south they followed the course of the Borysthenes, and approached with that river the neighborhood of the Euxine Sea.

Ovid composed a poem in the harsh dialect spoken by the Getæ who dwelt on the borders of the Euxine Sea.

The narrow streight into the Euxine sea was a passage of difficult navigation.

No corn-ships could now reach them from the Euxine Sea, and few from other quarters.

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