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Ophiussa - TvWiki, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | Ophiussa is the ancient name given by the ancient Greeks to what is today modern Portuguese territory. |
 | | The 4th century Roman poet on geographical subjects, Rufus Avienus Festus, in Ora Maritima ("Seacoasts"), a document inspired by a Greek mariners' Periplus, records Oestriminis (Extreme West in Latin) peopled by the Oestrimni, a people that lived there from a long time, who had to run away from their lands after an invasion of serpents. |
 | | This could be a relation to, the Saephe or Ophis ("People of the Serpents") and the Dragani ("People of the Dragons") that came to that lands and formed what was known by the Ancient Greeks as Ophiussa. |
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