单词 | arimasp |
释义 | Arimaspn. 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 attributive or as adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > fabulous or mythical human > miscellaneous (types of) walkyrieeOE woodwosea1100 mugglingc1275 Sciapodes1568 Arimasp1579 acephali1600 hyperborean1601 Arimaspian1667 golem1732 Lorelei1878 menehune1895 1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune ii. Ep. Ded. 154 a What strange..conflictes doth..desire of golde raise vp betweene the people Arimaspi and the Gryphes? 1600 tr. A. de Torquemada Spanish Mandeuile 11 b The Arimaspes, being a people with one eie. 1872 C. W. King Antique Gems & Rings Index 472 Arimasp and Gryphon. 1889 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) Figures of Arimasps occur sometimes in Greek art, represented in Oriental dress and fighting griffins. 1905 H. B. Walters Hist. Anc. Pottery II. 148 In one instance an Arimasp woman is seen shooting at a Gryphon of curious type. 1913 E. H. Minns Scythians & Greeks iv. 56 An Arimasp such as we find on the calathos from the Great Blíznitsa. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1579 |
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