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The Samothracian, which originated in Crete and Phrygia, and were celebrated in the former country in honor of Jupiter.

From Mysticism and its Results Being an Inquiry into the Uses and Abuses of Secrecy by Delafield, John

Having been disabled by an Æginetan ship, the Samothracian cleared the decks of her assailant with arrows and javelins and took possession.

From A History of Sea Power by Stevens, William Oliver

One of the gods of the Cabiri, who was slain by his brothers, on which circumstance the legend of the Cabiric or Samothracian Mysteries is founded.

From The Symbolism of Freemasonry by Mackey, Albert G.

In Lucilius’s time the rustics said Cecilius pretor for Caecilius praetor; in two Samothracian inscriptions older than B.C.

From The Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use it by Lord, Frances Ellen

Samothracian, sam-ō-thrā′si-an, adj. belonging to the island of Samothrace in the �gean Sea.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various