Note 494 — Chapter XXXIV · DEMOKEDES. — DARIUS INVADES SCYTHIA.
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Herodot. iv, 128-132. The bird, the mouse, the frog, and the arrows, are explained to mean: Unless you take to the air like a bird, to the earth like a mouse, or to the water like a frog, you will become the victim of the Scythian arrows.