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Hyperborea

also known as Hyperboreans, the Hyperboreans

Definition

The luminous northern homeland to which Apollo withdraws each winter — 'beyond the north wind,' a paradise not to be found on any earthly map, for the kingdom of the spirit is not of this world. In his absence Dionysus keeps watch at Delphi.

Etymology

Greek Hyperboreoi — 'beyond Boreas,' the north wind.

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