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Θρήικες μέν: there is no δέ to correspond: μέν implies a contrast with Scyths.

ὁμοιότατα. H. speaks like an expert in dress materials; cf. ii. 105 for ‘Colchian linen’ and Introd. p. 17. κάνναβις is the plant, but κανναβίς the garment made from it.

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