The Twitter Herodotus

5.1 Back in the Hellespont area, Megabazus, Darius' general, 1st subdued the Perinthians.

5.2 Next, per Darius' orders, Megabazus subdued all of Thrace.

5.3 The Thracians are the largest nation of all mankind, but they are not united. The various tribes have similar customs except for three.

5.4 I've already written re. the Getae [4.94]. The Trausi mourn at someone's birth & rejoice when he dies. [1/2 OF THE HISTORY NOW TWEETED!]

5.5 When 1 of the Thracians who live above the Crestonaeans dies, his favorite wife is slaughtered over his tomb. The other wives feel bad.

5.6 The Thracians let their daughters mate with anyone they want. They sell their children for export. Tattoos & war are good & farming bad.

5.7 They worship Ares, Dionysus, and Artemis, but their kings chiefly worship Hermes.

5.8 The burial of wealthy people involves the sacrifice of lots of victims and a feast, with a festival and contests.

5.9 No one knows who lives north of the Thracians. The only ppl I know who live beyond the Ister are the Sigynnae, who have shaggy horses.

5.10 The Thracians say no one can travel beyond the Ister because of the bees there, but I doubt this, as bees are sensitive to cold.