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Arimasp|ˈærɪmæsp|
[ad. L. Arimaspī pl., Gr. ἀριµασποί, said to mean in Scythian ‘one-eyed’.]
One of the Arimaspi, a mythical race of one-eyed men in northern Europe, occupied in endeavouring to wrest gold from the griffins (γρῦπες) who guarded it. They are sometimes figured on Greek vases, fighting with griffins. Also attrib. or as adj.
1579[see gryphe 1]. 1600tr. de Torquemada's Sp. Mandeuile 11 b, The Arimaspes, being a people with one eie. 1872C. W. King Antique Gems & Rings Index 472 Arimasp and Gryphon. 1889Cent. Dict. s.v., Figures of Arimasps occur sometimes in Greek art, represented in Oriental dress and fighting griffins. 1905H. B. Walters Anc. Pottery II. 148 In one instance an Arimasp woman is seen shooting at a Gryphon of curious type. 1913E. H. Minns Scythians & Greeks iv. 56 An Arimasp such as we find on the calathos from the Great Blíznitsa. |