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3.111 They collect cinnamon sticks from birds' nests--after tricking the birds into making the nests so heavy they fall to the ground. |
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3.112 The Arabians burn gum-labdanum as incense. They find it growing in the beards of he-goats. |
Posted on 06-04-16 | |
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3.113 There are strange sheep in Arabia. Some have tails 4.5 feet long. The men put carts behind them so the tails don't drag on the ground. |
Posted on 06-05-16 | |
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3.114 Ethiopia, farthest to the southwest of inhabited lands, has gold & elephants. Its men are the tallest, longest lived, & most handsome. |
Posted on 06-06-16 | |
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3.115 I can't say anything certain about the limits of the world to the west. I do not know, e.g., whether there is a sea beyond Europe. |
Posted on 06-07-16 | |
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3.116 There is a lot of gold in northern Europe, which they say one-eyed men steal from griffins. But I don't believe that such men exist. |
Posted on 06-08-16 | |
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3.117 The Persian king dammed up a river that once ran through five nations. He opens the gates to irrigate their countries now for a price. |
Posted on 06-09-16 | |
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3.118 Intaphrenes, 1 of the 7 conspirators, went to see Darius but was told he was w/a woman. Suspecting a lie he mutilated the gatekeepers. |
Posted on 06-10-16 | |
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3.119 They told Darius, who arrested Intaphrenes & his male kinsmen. But at the request of I's wife, Darius released 1 of them--her brother. |
Posted on 06-11-16 | |
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3.120 The satrap of Sardis, Oroetes, decided to kill Polycrates of Samos, some say because he'd been mocked for not capturing the island. |
Posted on 06-12-16 | |
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