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The Greek Romances of Heliodorus, Longus and Achilles Tatius

Note 24 — BOOK IV.

Rowland Smith translation

When the soldiers of Pescennius Niger murmured for want of wine, he replied to them, "Nilum habetis et vinum quæritis?" and the historian adds, "siquidem tanta illius fluminis dulcedo, ut accolæ vina non quærant."—Spartianus.

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