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Erythrean
Erythrean \Er`y*thre"an\, Erythraean \Er`y*thr[ae]"an\, a. [L.
erythraeus; Gr. ?, fr. 'eryqro`s red.]
Red in color. ``The erythrean main.''
--Milton.
Usage examples of "erythrean".
Saint Augustine introduces the Erythrean Sibyl, who, he says, faithfully foretold the Life of the Saviour.
By now, I imagine, couriers have been dispatched to every port on the Erythrean Sea, alerting the garrisons.
In the long run, we're relying on Egypt to be the bastion for our naval campaign in the Erythrean Sea.
One hint is in an ancient book of sailors' directions, the Periplus of the Erythrean Sea, written by an anonymous merchant living in Egypt around a.