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πίλους, ‘felt caps,’ added to explain τιάρας: cf. ἀξίνας σαγάρις (vii. 64). Wilkinson (ii. 74) says that both the monuments and modern experience confirm H.'s statement as to the hardness of Egyptian skulls.

For the whole passage cf. Introd. 5 and App. IX. 1; it dates H.'s visit to Egypt as in or after 460 B. C.

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