Akrokomai

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Akrokomai, Akrokomoi (Ancient Greek, Ακρόκομοι) an epithet given to certain Thracians by Greeks due to their hair arrangement.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ The Cambridge ancient history - page 614, by John Boardman,ISBN 0521227178, - 1991 - "and Archilochus (Diehl 793) call the Thracians akrokomoi, 'with hair on crown', the expression allows of more than one interpretation,82 and"

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  • List of Thracian tribes


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