Mermaids
The Ancients
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The Origins of Seafaring Religion in the Mediterranean
Greeks settled the coasts of the black sea with a series of colonies in the seventh and sixth centuries b c. So by the classical era, there was a thoroughly greek character to the cities and traditions on the edges of theblack sea. It wasn't just around the black sea; it was also along the coasts of italy and spain, what's now france, particularly marseilles. And then down at the actual mouth of the mediterranean around gibraltar. Throughout this whole circuit of watery coasts, there was an emerging idea that the sea itself was inhabited,. not just by fish and whales and octopuses and all the sea birds that still live in the
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