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διαπίνοντες. Both Macedonians (cf. Theopompus, ap. Polyb. viii. 11, and Arrian, Anab. iv. 8. 2) and Persians (cf. i. 133; Aelian, Var. Hist. xii. 1) were hard drinkers.

νόμος. Repugnant as is the suggestion to Greek sentiment (cf. Isaeus iii. 14) it is even more opposed to Oriental custom; cf. Plut. Mor. 613 τοὺς Πέρσας ὀρθῶς φασι μὴ ταῖς γαμεταῖς ἀλλὰ ταῖς παλλάκεσι συμμεθύσκεσθαι.

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