1036 of great length. The Ethiopians had skins of leopards and lions tied upon them, and bows made of a slip 1037 of palm-wood, which were of great length, not less than four cubits, and for them small arrows of reed with a sharpened stone at the head instead of iron, the same stone with which they engrave seals: in addition to this they had spears, and on them was the sharpened horn of a gazelle by way of a spearhead, and they had also clubs with knobs upon them. Of their body they used to smear over half with white, 1038 when they went into battle, and the other half with red. 1039 Of the Arabians and the Ethiopians who dwelt above Egypt the commander was Arsames, the son of Darius and of Artystone, the daughter of Cyrus, whom Darius loved most of all his wives, and had an image made of her of beaten gold. 70.