Rizophagoi
Strabon, Geographia
Passus 16, 4, 09 [a] (C 771): Ῥιζοφάγοι [ethnic]
| Date: | AD 15 - 23 about? |
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| Status: | ethnicon (group) |
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| Details: | 'Along these rivers live the Rizophagoi and the Eleioi, who are so called because they cut roots from the adjacent marsh, crush them with stones, form them into cakes, and then heat the cakes in the sun's rays and use them for food.' |
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