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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6)

Note 852 — BOOK III. AN ACCOUNT OF COUNTRIES, NATIONS, SEAS, TOWNS, HAVENS, MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, DISTANCES, AND PEOPLES WHO NOW EXIST OR FORMERLY EXISTED. INTRODUCTION.

John Bostock translation

The Greek Λύσσα, “frantic rage” or “madness.” The etymologies here suggested are puerile in the extreme.

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