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4927 |
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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