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Literature: prose See all items with this value
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5th century BCE See all items with this value
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Ctesias See all items with this value
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Fragment 45q line 15
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ἐκ δὴ τῶνδε τῶν ποικίλων κεράτων πίνειν Ἰνδοὺς ἀκούω, καὶ ταῦτα οὐ πάντας, ἀλλὰ τοὺς τῶν Ἰνδῶν κρατίστους, ἐκ διαστημάτων αὐτοῖς χρυσὸν περιχέαντας, οἱονεὶ ψελίοις τισὶ κοσμήσαντας βραχίονα ὡραῖον ἀγάλματος
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Participle (active) See all items with this value
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Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue See all items with this value
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The arms of beautiful statues
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Visual Work: Jewellery See all items with this value
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Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Gold See all items with this value
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Gold bracelets
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Powerful Indian warriors
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This is a metaphor for the ways in which Indian people would gild the horns of mythical unicorns. Preserved in Aelian De Natura Animalium 4.52
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A02372
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