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River Hypanis

Hypanis

also: Hypanim fluvium, Hypanis

A river flowing from the European side into the Black Sea (variously identified with the Bug or the Kuban), beside which Aristotle reported short-lived mayflies that live but a single day. Cicero uses it to relativize the human lifespan.

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Tusculan Disputations philosophy · 2 mentions

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