英语词汇cimmerian darkness的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	cimmerian darkness
词源	Cimmerian darkness; Crimea. The ancient Cimmerians were believed to live in total darkness in a land where the sun never shone—hence the expression Cimmerian darkness, often “the darkness of ignorance.” Homer used the term Cimmerian darkness in the Odyssey. These wandering nomads also gave their name to the Crimea because they lived on the shores of the Black Sea.
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