Rhodope
[rod-uh-pee, ro-doh-]
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noun
a mountain range in SW Bulgaria. Highest peak, Mus Allah, 9595 feet (2925 meters).
Classical Mythology. a maiden skilled in hunting, the companion of Artemis.
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The source of the river Strymon is among the Agrianes near Rhodope.
What is he splintering Athos, or Rhodope, or the Acroceraunians for?
On the north, Rhodope, or the Riphean Mountains, were supposed to enclose the hyperborean limits of the world.
Ocean's Story; or Triumphs of Thirty CenturiesEdward Rowland
Rhodope separated Macedonia from a large and powerful country, which was occupied by a somewhat rude but warlike race of men.
Alexander the GreatJacob Abbott
Rhodope, the wife of Haemus, king of Thrace, who was changed into a mountain because she thought herself more beautiful than Hera.
La Lgende des SiclesVictor Hugo