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4 iv, 30; V, i; cf. V, 2, 5; V, 26, 5; Indica, i, 4-5; 5, 9; Quintus Curtius, viii, 10, 11. See Anspach, pp. 20-21. 5 ^lllos terrarum orbis liberatores, eroensosque olim Herculis et Liberi patris terminos, non Persis roodo, sed etiam omnibus gentibus imposituros iugum" (iii, 10^ 5). « IX, a, 29. Digitized by Google 554 PUTNAM ANNIVERSARY VOLUME famae daturos/' ^ There are many other pertinent passages,^ but the point is too thoroughly established to require discussion. Actual boundary-stones of... Bacchus are mentioned by Quintus Curtius (vii, 9, 15) : Transierant [sc. Macedoncs] iam Libcri patris terminosi quorum monu- m'enta lapidcs erant crebris intervallis dispositi arboresque procerae, quanim sti- pites hedera contexerat. Sed Macedonas ira longius provexit. The place referred to is identified by Franz v. Schwarz with a pass on the Mogul-tau, the natural boundary between Sogdiana and the Scythian desert.^ For stones, the author of the Metz Epitome substitutes a column: "Eos Macedones per noctem sequentes usque ad Liberi Patris columnam peruenisse dicuntur"/ Pliny, speaking of the same place, says that altars erected by Hercules and Liber are to be found there : Ultra [f.
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