Note 121 — Chapter I · THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE ANCIENT WORLD
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Seneca, Quaest. nat., III, 15. On the springs and fountains of the ancient world, many of which were believed to be the outlets of subterranean 375water courses, see J. R. Smith, Springs and Wells in Greek and Roman Literature: Their Legends and Locations, New York and London, 1922 (on the Arethusa and Alpheus myth see pp. 669–672).