Stelle Temporibus autem Nini regis, qui hu...; (Cosmographia Aethici Istri (700 - 730), Cap. 6 (p. 178, lin. 1 - lin. 4)) [4927]

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Text Cosmographia Aethici Istri (700 - 730) Anonymous - Other
Quotation Temporibus autem Nini regis, qui humano cruore Scithas suggere praecepit vel omnia crudelissima et spurcissima inibi instituit, ab eo tempore usque nunc haec arma utuntur.
Translation § 67d, p. 151: In the times of King Ninus, who ordered the Scythians to suck human blood and instituted in that country the most cruel and foul customs – from that time down to the present they have used the weapons.
Summary On King Ninus and the Scythians.
Quotation source Cap. 6 (p. 178, lin. 1 - lin. 4)
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