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Euxine Sea

British  
/ ˈjuːksaɪn /

noun

  1. an ancient name for the Black Sea

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Scythian strands: Taurica is joined by an isthmus to Scythia, and is bounded by the Bosphorus, the Euxine Sea, and the Palus Mæotis.

From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward

Thrace supplied salted tunnies, the produce of the Euxine Sea, besides corn.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson by Stevenson, William

The Greeks and Romans used combs made of boxwood, which they obtained as we do, from the shores of the Euxine Sea, and the mountain-ridge of Cytorus, in Galatia.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 by Various

The Delphian oracle bade him seek the Isle of Leuke in the Euxine Sea, where Aias would appear to him, and heal him. 

From Helen of Troy by Lang, Andrew

It was to pass up the Bosporus into the Euxine Sea, now called the Black Sea, and thence into the mouth of the river.

From Darius the Great Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob

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