Herodotus, Histories, ed. A.D. Godley, 4.194.1

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Next to these are the Gyzantes, where much honey is made by bees, and much more yet (so it is said) by craftsmen.¹ It is certain that they all paint themselves with vermilion and eat apes, with which their mountains swarm.

Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.

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[1] τούτων δὲ Γύζαντες ἔχονται, ἐν τοῖσι μέλι πολλὸν μὲν μέλισσαι κατεργάζονται, πολλῷ δʼ ἔτι πλέον λέγεται δημιοεργοὺς ἄνδρας ποιέειν. μιλτοῦνται δʼ ὦν πάντες οὗτοι καὶ πιθηκοφαγέουσι. οἳ δὲ σφι ἄφθονοι ὅσοι ἐν τοῖσι ὄρεσι γίνονται.

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1. cp. Hdt. 7.31 , where men are said to make honey out of wheat and tamarisk.

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