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But in the north of Europe (continent) Europe there is by far the most gold. In this matter again I cannot say with assurance how the gold is produced, but it is said that one-eyed men called Arimaspians steal it from griffins.
But in the north of Europe (continent) Europe there is by far the most gold. In this matter again I cannot say with assurance how the gold is produced, but it is said that one-eyed men called Arimaspians steal it from griffins.
[2] But I do not believe this, that there are one-eyed men who have a nature otherwise the same as other men.
[3] The most outlying lands, though, as they enclose and wholly surround all the rest of the world, are likely to have those things which we think the finest and the rarest.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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