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ἀρτοφαγέουσι: cf. 36. 2 n. and Hecat. fr. 290 (F. H. G. i. 20) Αἰγυπτίους ἀρτοφάγους φησὶν εἶναι, κυλλήστιας ἐσθίοντας, τὰς δὲ κριθὰς εἰς ποτὸν καταλέοντας.

ἄμπελοι. For absence of vines cf. 37. 4 n. Diodorus (i. 34) says the Egyptian beer was called ζῦθος; it was considered to be as necessary for the dead in the other world as for the living in this. Aristotle (Athen. x. 418) noted that a man drunk with wine lay on his face, while beer laid him on his back.

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