τὸν μὲν δὴ λιβανωτὸν τοῦτον οὕτω κτῶνται Ἀράβιοι , τὴν δὲ κασίην ὧδε . ἐπεὰν καταδήσωνται βύρσῃσι καὶ δέρμασι ἄλλοισι πᾶν τὸ σῶμα καὶ τὸ πρόσωπον πλὴν αὐτῶν τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν , ἔρχονται ἐπὶ τὴν κασίην · ἣ δὲ ἐν λίμνῃ φύεται οὐ βαθέῃ , περὶ δὲ αὐτὴν καὶ ἐν αὐτῇ αὐλίζεταί κου θηρία πτερωτά , τῇσι νυκτερίσι προσείκελα μάλιστα , καὶ τέτριγε δεινόν , καὶ ἐς ἀλκὴν ἄλκιμα · τὰ δεῖ ἀπαμυνομένους ἀπὸ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν οὕτω δρέπειν τὴν κασίην .
History. Herodotus. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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