Cimmerians

Noun

Cimmerian (plural Cimmerians)

1. (Greek) Any of the mythical people supposed to inhabit a land of perpetual darkness.
   • The city, there, of the Cimmerians stands
     With clouds and darkness veil’d, on whom the sun
     Deigns not to look with his beam-darting eye,1791, Homer, translated by William Cowper, The Odyssey of Homer
2. One of the Cimmerii, ancient equestrian nomads of Indo-European origin.
   • Believe me, queen, your swarth Cimmerian
     Doth make your honour of his body's hue,
     Spotted, detested, and abominable.c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
3. (historical) The prophetic priestess presiding over the Apollonian Oracle at Cimmerium in Italy.
   • 1867 to 1885, Lactantius (240–320 C.E.), Ante-Nicene Fathers, translated by William Fletcher
     Varro relates that there were ten Sibyls,—the first of the Persians, the second the Libyan, the third the Delphian, the fourth the Cimmerian...

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