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ὀκτὼ τείχεα. Lack of time and lack of motive alike make it impossible that Darius should have built forts in East Scythia. It is probable that popular tradition associated his name with prehistoric tumuli, such as are common in the steppes (see further App. XII, § 4 d). H. heard of the forts when in Olbia (ἐς ἐμέ, cf. Introd. p. 18), but it is most unlikely that he ever saw them.

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