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Herod. IV. 13.

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Herod. IV. 33.

10

Boeckh, Corp. Inscr. Graec. Vol. I. p. 807.

11

Cf. Sallust, Jug. 18.

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They derived it from λύγξ and οὖρον. The difference in colour between the Baltic and Ligurian amber found an easy explanation, the latter was regarded as the solidified urine of the female lynx, the former of the male animal. Pliny, H. N. XXXVII. 2, § 34.

13

Cf. Boyd Dawkins, Early Man in Britain, 466. Von Sadowski, Die Handelstrassen der Griechen und Römer, p. 15.

CHAPTER V. The Art of Weighing was first employed for Gold.

1

Il. V. 720 seqq.

2

Il. XXIII. 826 seqq.

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