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Androphagi

ANDROPHAGI , an ancient nation of cannibals north of Scythia (Herodotus iv. 18, 106), probably in the forests between the upper waters of the Dnieper and Don. They were most likely Finns (Samoyed has the same meaning) and perhaps the ancestors of the Mordvinians (q.v..)

Note - this article incorporates content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, (1910-1911)

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