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τετραγωνοπρόσωπα. Stein, quoting Aristotle (?), Mir. Ausc. 30 (832 b 8), suggests the ‘square-faced beasts’ are elks (τάρανδος); Rawlinson translates ‘seals’; but surely some small freshwater beast is meant, e. g. the mink, which is amphibious and found in Eastern Europe; as a species it is intermediate between the marten and the otter. With a broad flat head and blunt muzzle, it may well be called ‘square-faced’. The Scyths on the South Russian vases wear fur-trimmed ‘cloaks’ (σισύρνας).

ἐς ύστερέων ἄκεσιν. Hippocrates recommends τὸ καστόριον for diseases ‘of the womb’.

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