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of the wild men, and of other monsters. * The
wild men could not be brought to Sandrakottos,
for they refused to take food and died. Their
heels are in front, and the instep and toes are
turned backwards.[1] * Some were brought to the
court' who had no mouths and were tame. They
dwell near the sources of the Ganges, and subsist
on the savour of roasted flesh and the perfumes
of fruits and flowers, haying instead of mouths
orifices through which they breathe. They are
distressed with things of evil smelly and * hence
it is with difficulty they keep their hold on life
especially in a camp. Referring to the other
monstrosities, the philosophers told him of the
Okupedes, a people who in running conld leaye
the horse behind;[2] 'of the Enoiokoitai,
who had ears reaching down to their feet, so that
they could sleep in them, and were se strong that
they could pull up trees and break a bowstring,
- Of others the Monommatoi, who have the
- ↑ These wild men are mentioned both by Stasias and Baeto. They were called Antipodes on account of the peculiar structure of their foot, and were reckoned among Ethiopian races, though they are often referred to in the Indian epics under the name Paśchâdangulajas, of which the (
Greek characters) of Megasthoids is an exact translation. Vide Schwanb. 68.
- ↑ 'Okupedes' is a transliteration into Greek, with a slight change, of the Sanskrit Êkapadas, ('having one foot'), the name of a tribe of the Kirfttes noted for swiftness of foot, the quality indicated by the Greek term. The Monepodes are mentioned by Ktesias, who confounded them with the Skiapodes, the men who covered themselves with the shadow of their foot.
in India aboot 1585, says that a people in Bhut{{subst:a^}}n had ears a span long.
