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222: 60:. In his description, they had rough and hairy bodies and no mouths. When traveling, they would carry roots, flowers and apples to smell. They could die by smelling a strong, unpleasant smell. 138: 263: 91: 282: 292: 256: 32:, are an ancient legendary race of people who had no need to eat or drink anything at all. They survived by smelling 196:
John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S. H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A. London. Taylor and Francis, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street. 1855.
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Guarde, César (2012). "The Roots of the "Astomi" and the "Monocoli" in Ctesias and Megasthenes".
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Karl Friedrich Theodor Mayhoff. Lipsiae. Teubner. 1906.
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Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
50:(quoting Megasthenes) mentioned these people in his 40:and perfumes that they sprayed on their victims. 83:Maps of Medieval Thought: The Hereford Paradigm 198:Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. 257: 8: 75: 73: 264: 250: 105: 103: 69: 7: 218: 216: 86:. Boydell Press. pp. 149–150. 14: 112:Rheinisches Museum für Philologie 220: 1: 137:West, M. L. (December 1964). 236:. You can help Knowledge by 139:"Megasthenes on the Astomi" 309: 215: 80:Reed Kline, Naomi (2003). 283:Greek legendary creatures 228:This article relating to 155:10.1017/S0009840X00260162 293:Greek mythology stubs 143:The Classical Review 28:, also known as the 204:Naturalis Historia. 192:The Natural History 245: 244: 202:Pliny the Elder, 93:978-0-85115-937-9 300: 288:Mythic humanoids 266: 259: 252: 224: 217: 174: 173: 171: 169: 134: 128: 127: 107: 98: 97: 77: 308: 307: 303: 302: 301: 299: 298: 297: 273: 272: 271: 270: 230:Greek mythology 213: 187:Pliny the Elder 183: 178: 177: 167: 165: 136: 135: 131: 109: 108: 101: 94: 79: 78: 71: 66: 48:Pliny the Elder 22:Roman mythology 12: 11: 5: 306: 304: 296: 295: 290: 285: 275: 274: 269: 268: 261: 254: 246: 243: 242: 225: 211: 210: 200: 182: 179: 176: 175: 129: 118:(2): 215–218. 99: 92: 68: 67: 65: 62: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 305: 294: 291: 289: 286: 284: 281: 280: 278: 267: 262: 260: 255: 253: 248: 247: 241: 239: 235: 231: 226: 223: 219: 214: 209: 205: 201: 199: 195: 193: 188: 185: 184: 180: 164: 160: 156: 152: 148: 144: 140: 133: 130: 125: 121: 117: 113: 106: 104: 100: 95: 89: 85: 84: 76: 74: 70: 63: 61: 59: 55: 54: 49: 45: 41: 39: 35: 31: 27: 23: 19: 238:expanding it 227: 212: 203: 190: 166:. Retrieved 146: 142: 132: 115: 111: 82: 51: 42: 29: 25: 15: 44:Megasthenes 277:Categories 181:References 149:(3): 242. 163:161100531 124:41697831 30:Gangines 168:30 July 38:flowers 161:  122:  90:  58:Ganges 53:Indica 34:apples 26:Astomi 24:, the 232:is a 159:S2CID 120:JSTOR 64:Notes 18:Greek 234:stub 170:2018 88:ISBN 46:and 36:and 20:and 151:doi 116:155 16:In 279:: 189:, 157:. 147:14 145:. 141:. 114:. 102:^ 72:^ 265:e 258:t 251:v 240:. 194:. 172:. 153:: 126:. 96:.

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Megasthenes
Pliny the Elder
Indica
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Maps of Medieval Thought: The Hereford Paradigm
ISBN
978-0-85115-937-9


JSTOR
41697831
"Megasthenes on the Astomi"
doi
10.1017/S0009840X00260162
S2CID
161100531
Pliny the Elder
The Natural History
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Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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Greek mythology
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