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... Pliny , Natural History , contradicts the idea ( XI , 248 ) . See also Robin , Ani- mal Lore , p . 99 . Elephant tradition : Aristotle : contradicts it ; Strabo : affirms it ; Pliny : agrees with Aristotle ; Physiologus : gives the ...
... Pliny , Natural History , contradicts the idea ( XI , 248 ) . See also Robin , Ani- mal Lore , p . 99 . Elephant tradition : Aristotle : contradicts it ; Strabo : affirms it ; Pliny : agrees with Aristotle ; Physiologus : gives the ...
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... Pliny , had diadem - like markings ) ; Pliny : see above ; by his time it had acquired a ter- rible reputation ; Lucan : called " king of serpents " because it scares all others away ; Aelian : basilisk dies in convulsions at crow of ...
... Pliny , had diadem - like markings ) ; Pliny : see above ; by his time it had acquired a ter- rible reputation ; Lucan : called " king of serpents " because it scares all others away ; Aelian : basilisk dies in convulsions at crow of ...
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... Pliny's mention of Aesop : According to Pliny , to have been his wife .. Pliny says that with her meretricious wealth , she built the smallest and most admired of the Egyp- tian pyramids . Herodotus , however , says that this pyramid ...
... Pliny's mention of Aesop : According to Pliny , to have been his wife .. Pliny says that with her meretricious wealth , she built the smallest and most admired of the Egyp- tian pyramids . Herodotus , however , says that this pyramid ...
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