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Cf. ii. 33. 3 nn. for the Celts and the Cynetes.

πλάγια. ‘It runs into the flanks of Scythia,’ i. e. it strikes the Scythian frontier at an (acute) angle; this is of course inconsistent with H.'s ‘square theory’ (c. 101).

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