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 Nuvein Fiction | The Zeroth Law by Andrew Farkas :: Online Edition
"Hyperborei, Inc…" Any elaboration is brought to a halt by Heph’s preemptive guffaw at the name "Hyperborei." Instead Samuel glares at Heph’s cigarette; Heph asks if he would like one.
And no matter your jealousy, I will still be employed by Hyperborei and you will be back in…working for the Saqqara Forge," says Samuel.
Hard as hell, towering over the wuss, leaning on his good leg because his other was fucked up in the sands of Arabia.
www.nuvein.com /fiction23/zeroth03.html   (1752 words)

  
 Antique Map/Chart Details   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Covers from Egypt to Indonesia as far as Java with a large inset of the western Mediterranean Sea centered on Greece.
In the upper right is an inset of the North Pole (Hyperborei) included by Ortelius to remind his readers that despite recent attempts, a passage to the Far East via the North Pole had not yet been found.
To balance the composition Ortelius included an inset of Annonis Periplus in the upper left corner.
www.oldworldauctions.com /prices/detail/101-443.htm   (128 words)

  
 E. A. Poe Society of Baltimore
We may be permitted to conclude this cursory article by an extract from the Greek historian, Diodorus Siculus — leaving the application of the passage to the judgment or the fancy of our readers.
"Among the authors of antiquity Hecataeus and some others relate that there is an island in the ocean, opposite to Celtic Caul, and not inferior in size to Sicily, lying towards the north, and inhabited by Hyperborei, who are so called because they live more remote from the north wind.
The soil is excellent and fertile, and the harvest is made twice in the same year.
xroads.virginia.edu /~hyper/POE/etext/stnhenge.htm   (975 words)

  
 utopiaoverview.html
Outermost ring of land is a race course
Pliny the Elder (23-79 A.C.E.), Natural History (serious): a race of people with only one leg; others with no mouths who eat through their noses with a straw; the Hyperborei practise euthanasia; the Germantes are sexually promiscuous; the Esseni have no carnal relations at all
Diodorus Siculous, Story of Iambulus' voyage to "Happy Island": Circular island with tall beautiful people with rubber bones and forked tongues which enable them to have two conversations at once.
www.faculty.de.gcsu.edu /~rviau/utopiaoverview.html   (943 words)

  
 Old World Auctions - Catalog Items
Covers from Eqypt to Indonesia as far as Java with a large inset of the western Mediterranean Sea centering on Greece.
In the upper right is an inset of the north pole (Hyperborei) included by Ortelius to remind his readers that despite recent attempts, a..."
Click on the Title for details and to bid on this lot.
www.oldworldauctions.com /Auction091/list.asp?bydept=yes&lotStart=1&lotend=64&numrecords=50&thisPage=1   (2746 words)

  
 Boreas - Gurupedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Greeks believed that his home was in Thrace, and
Herodotus and Pliny both describe a land beyond the northern wind known as Hyperborei, where people lived in complete happiness to extreme years.
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www.gurupedia.com /b/bo/boreas.htm   (194 words)

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