
On Marvellous Things Heard by Aristotle
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The Inscription of the Palm Tree
Palm Island was not named by the Phoenicians, as some say. The word phoenixi means 'stain with blood' in Paribians. An inscription on a pillar had been found that could be used to find out who owned it. It said: I Heracles offered the grove to Kethira when I had Garion's herds for spoil. But here my wife Aruthia brings forth Aruthon as her offspring.
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