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Antichthon

Antichthon \An*tich"thon\, n.; pl. Antichthones. [Gr. ?; ? against + ? the earth.]

  1. A hypothetical earth counter to ours, or on the opposite side of the sun.
    --Grote.

  2. pl. Inhabitants of opposite hemispheres.
    --Whewell.

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antichthon

n. (context obsolete English) A hypothetical Earth on the opposite side of the Sun.

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Antichthon

Antichthon is the peer-reviewed academic journal of the Australasian Society for Classical Studies. The focus of the journal is ancient Greece and Rome, however, its scope is broadly defined so as to embrace the ancient Near East and the Mediterranean from the beginnings of civilisation to the Early Middle Ages.