Indica, Fragment 23 line 86
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Literature: prose See all items with this value
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4th century BCE See all items with this value
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Megasthenes See all items with this value
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Indica, Fragment 23 line 86
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Καὶ ὅστις μὲν ἐκεῖνον κατ ̓ ἐπιτυχίην συλλάβοι, τοῦτον δὲ εὐπετέως περιβάλλειν καὶ τὸ ἄλλο σμῆνος τῶν μαργαριτέων· εἰ δὲ διαφύγοι σφᾶς ὁ βασιλεὺς, τούτῳ δὲ οὐκέτι θηρατοὺς εἶναι τοὺς ἄλλους· τοὺς ἁλόντας δὲ περιορᾶν κατασαπῆναί σφισι τὴν σάρκα, τῷ δὲ ὀστέῳ ἐς κόσμον χρῆσθαι.
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Indian people
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Visual Work: Material: Shell See all items with this value
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Visual Work: Jewellery See all items with this value
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Oyster shells
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Indian people (wearing them as jewellery
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Preserved in Arrian Ind. 8
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A02355
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