Indians

Nomenclature

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Cultural Notes

There is a large number of Indian tribes, and they do not all speak the same language.

Geographical Notes

(near Caspatyrus); live a long way south, far from Persia, and were never ruled by King Darius

Citations in Herodotos

3.94; their tribute to Persia:  3.94
their customs:  3.97-102,  3.104
conquest by Darius:  4.44
most numerous people in the world:  5.3
in Xerxes' army:  7.65,  7.86
with Mardonius:  8.113,  9.31
Indian dogs:  1.192,  7.187

Key Passages in English Translation

 

English translation by A. D. Godley. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1920. Retreived from <http://www.perseus.tufts.edu>

Key Passages in Greek

 

Other Testimonia

Medus marches against the: Apollod. 1.9.28
 

Other Commentary


Perseus Encyclopedia:

W. W. How, J. Wells, A Commentary on Herodotos:

Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898):
 

Disambiguation

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