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These were the governments and appointments of tribute. The Persian country is the only one which I have not recorded as tributary; for the Persians live free from all taxes.
These were the governments and appointments of tribute. The Persian country is the only one which I have not recorded as tributary; for the Persians live free from all taxes.
[2] As for those on whom no tribute was laid, but who rendered gifts instead, they were, firstly, the
Ethiopians nearest to
Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa
Egypt
, whom
Cambyses conquered in his march towards the long-lived
Ethiopians; and also those who dwell about the holy
+Nysa [28.1667,37.8667] (Perseus)
Nysa
,
1
where
Dionysus is the god of their festivals. These
Ethiopians and their neighbors use the same seed as the
Indian Callantiae, and they live underground.
[3] These together brought every other year and still bring a gift of two choenixes
2
of unrefined gold, two hundred blocks of ebony, five
Ethiopian boys, and twenty great elephants' tusks.
[4] Gifts were also required of the
Colchians and their neighbors as far as the
+Bol'soj Kavkaz [46.833,42] (mountain range), Asia
Caucasus mountains
(which is as far as the
Persian rule reaches, the country north of the
+Bol'soj Kavkaz [46.833,42] (mountain range), Asia
Caucasus
paying no regard to the
Persians); these were rendered every four years and are still rendered, namely, a hundred boys and as many maids.
[5] The
Arabians rendered a thousand talents' weight of frankincense yearly. Such were the gifts of these peoples to the king, besides the tribute.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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