
57 - Xenophon: Anabasis IV
Cost of Glory
The Greeks Institute Games
When bees make honey from the flowers of certain kinds of plants, they can have a hallucinogenic or even toxic effect. Some people use this as an aphrodisiac, but you have to be careful about your dose. Pompey the Great had a legion come through this area and the locals fed the soldiers. A thousand men were taken by this honey madness and slaughtered by the locals in their weakness. The Greeks instituted also athletic games on the mountainside just where they were encamped.
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