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Cerbesii

CERBESII

CERBE´SII (Κερβήσιοι), a Phrygian tribe mentioned in a verse of Alcman, quoted by Strabo (p. 580), but the people were unknown in Strabo's time. He mentions also a hole or chasm, called Cerbesius, which emitted pestilential vapours; but he does not say where it is.

[G.L]

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