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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—R

Rimer

Chief god of Damascus; so called from the word rime, a “pomegranate,” because he held a pomegranate in his right hand. The people bore a pomegranate in their coat armour. The Romans called this god Jupiter Cassius, from Mount Cassius, near Damascus.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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