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Excerpt from The History of Herodotus, Vol. 2 of 2: Literally Translated Into English; Illustrated With Notes, Explanatory and Critical Vll. They worship the following Gods only, Mars, Bac chus, and Diana. But their kings alone particularly venerate Mercury; they swear by his name alone, and pretend to be descended from him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.