Antichthon
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historical examples
hicetes the pythagorean, that there are two earths, this and the antichthon, or the earth opposite to it.
essays and miscellanies plutarch
some of the pythagoreans say, that the splendor arises from the earth, its obstruction from the antichthon (or counter-earth).
essays and miscellanies plutarch
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