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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 2 (of 6)

Note 2347 — BOOK IX. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF FISHES.

John Bostock translation

Called “chrysoceras,” in B. iv. c. 18, that being the Greek name for “golden horn.” He means, that in consequence of the lucrative nature of this fishery, it thence obtained the name of the “golden” horn. Dalechamps is of opinion that some person has here substituted the Latin “Aurei cornus,” for the Greek name Chrysoceras.

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