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See also:MELANCHLAENI (from Gr. µEtas, and Xtaiva, " See also:Black-cloaks ") , an See also:ancient tribe to the See also:north of See also:Scythia, probably about the See also:modern See also:Ryazan and See also:Tambov (See also:Herodotus iv . Io6) . They have been identified with the Finnish tribes Merja (now See also:extinct) and Cheremis, now driven north-See also:east on to the See also:middle See also:Volga . These, till recently, wore See also:black . There has been confusion between this tribe and another of the same. name mentioned by See also:Pliny (N . H. vi . 15), and See also:Ptolemy in the See also:Caucasus . (E . H . |
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