Rhodope

[ rod-uh-pee, ro-doh- ]

noun

1. a mountain range in SW Bulgaria. Highest peak, Mus Allah, 9,595 feet (2,925 meters).
2. Classical Mythology. a maiden skilled in hunting, the companion of Artemis.

Example Sentences

He determines to make its owner his queen, and she, like Rhodope or Cinderella, is sought for far and wide.

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Magnificent forests, however, still clothe the slopes of Rhodope, Pirin and Pindus.

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He was also a prophetic divinity, and possessed oracles, the principal of which was that on Mount Rhodope in Thrace.

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Rodopeya, the country near Rhodope, which was a mountain-range of Thrace, now a part of the Hmus range.

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Orpheus of Rhodope with his lyre moved rocks, and wild beasts, and the lakes of Tartarus, and Cerberus the triple dog.

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