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The Saxons in England, Volume 1 (of 2)

Note 195 — Chapter IV · LANDED POSSESSION. THE EÐEL, HÍD OR ALOD.

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Hecataeus says the Arcadians fed upon barley-bread and pork, Ἀρκαδικὸν δὲ δεῖπνον.... Ἑκαταῖος ... μάζας φησὶν εἶναι καὶ ὕεια κρέα. Athen. iv. 148. But the Arcadians, both in blood and manners, probably resembled the Saxons more than any other Greeks did; and what Hecataeus says of them would not apply to the inhabitants of Attica.

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