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euripus

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eu·ri·pus  (y-rps)
n. pl. eu·ri·pi (-p)
A sea channel characterized by turbulent and unpredictable currents.
[Latin eurpus, from Greek eurpos : eu-, eu- + rhp, rush (from rhptein, to throw).]


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From there you crossed the Euripus, far-shooting Apollo, and went up the green, holy hills, going on to Mycalessus and grassy-bedded Teumessus, and so came to the wood-clad abode of Thebe; for as yet no man lived in holy Thebe, nor were there tracks or ways about Thebe's wheat-bearing plain as yet.
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