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Historical Examples
Pausanias represents Asterion, whose tomb is said to have been discovered in Lydia, as a son of anac, and of an enormous size.
A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. Jacob Bryant
For anac was a Canaanitish term of honour; which the Greeks changed to αναξ and ανακτες.
A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) Jacob Bryant
anac was a title of high antiquity, and seems to have been originally appropriated to persons of great strength, and stature.
A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. Jacob Bryant
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