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Herodotus, The Histories (ed. A. D. Godley), Book 2, chapter 105 (search)
Listen to something else about the Colchians, in which they are like the Egyptians: they and the Egyptians alone work linen and have the same way of working it, a way peculiar to themselves; and they are alike in all their way of life, and in their speech. Linen has two names: the Colchian kind is called by the Greeks SardonianThere seems to be no reason for connecting Colchian linen with Sardinia (as *sardwniko/n would imply). The Colchian word may have had a similar sound. ; that which comes from Egypt is called Egyptian.
Herodotus, The Histories (ed. A. D. Godley), Book 5, chapter 106 (search)