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Proceedings of the expedition to explore the northern coast of Africa, from Tripoly eastward

Note 13 — Chapter XV

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Οπου σιλφιου δυο μναι . . . σιλφιου ταλαντον σταθμω[a].

If the king supped at Babylon, or at Susa, half the quantity of wine supplied for the meal was palm wine, the other half, the juice of the grape. οταν δε η εν Βαβυλωνι, η εν Σουσοις, τον μεν ημισεα εκ των φοινικων οινον παρεχει, τον δε ημισεα αμπελινον.—Polyæni Stratagem. Lib. iv. 32.)

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