Note 30 — Chapter I · THE CONQUESTS OF ALEXANDER
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Such as the Arimaspi or one-eyed inhabitants of Russia, about whom Herodotus (Bk III. c. 116) quotes the legend that they stole gold from its griffin guardians, and those myrmeces or great ants whom Megasthenes (Strabo, Bk XV. c. 1, § 44) and other writers describe as digging for gold on the Thibetan frontier—a story of which more than one rationalistic explanation has been suggested.