Nomenclature
Greek Name: Τραυσῶν
Latin Name:
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Cultural Notes
A Thracian tribe who lament the birth of children, for all the sorrows and suffering of life, and celebrate death as the end of sorrow and the achievement of complete bliss.
Geographical Notes
Citations in Herodotos
5.4-5.5
Key Passages in English Translation
English translation by A. D. Godley. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1920. Retreived from <http://www.perseus.tufts.edu>
Key Passages in Greek
Other Testimonia
Other Commentary
Perseus Encyclopedia:
W. W. How, J. Wells, A Commentary on Herodotos:
Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898):
Disambiguation
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