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On Marvellous Things Heard by Aristotle

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A Brief History of the Greeks and Romans

In Crete men say that there are no wolves, bears and vipers because Zeus was born there in. In this place it is said that wheat is found resembling neither the native sorts which people use nor other kinds that are important but possessed of a great peculiarity. And also they lay claim to Demeter affirming that the goddess was born amongst them. For medley as far as the country of the Celts, Celts like greens and Iberians they say there is a certain road called the road of Heracles by which whether a greek or a native travels he has watched by the neighboring tribes so that he may receive no injury for those amongst whom the injury has been

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