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Charon (fr. 3, F. H. G. i. 32) spoke of ‘white doves’ in connexion with Mardonius' expedition in 493 B.C. (described in vi. 44-5) (cf. Introd. § 19); perhaps these doves belonged to the Phoenician sailors. H. here seems to connect them with leprosy.

ἐς ποταμόν. The prohibition is due to respect to the element, water (cf. c. 140 for respect to the earth, and vii. 113. 2 for worship of rivers). So in later developments of the religion, the Magi are said to have deposed a king for building bath-houses; bathing smacked of heresy (S. B. E. iv. 90 n.).

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