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[ Italy means for Herodotus only the Southern part of the peninsula.]
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[ {diekosioisi}: so the best authorities; others have {priekosioisi}.]
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[ {'Italioteon}, i.e. Hellenic settlers in Italy.]
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[ {to agalmati to 'Apollonos}: {agalma} is used for anything dedicated to a god, most commonly the sacred image.]
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[ {katuperthe}: "above," i.e. beyond them towards the North. Similarly when dealing with Libya the writer uses the same word of those further from the coast towards the South; see ch. 174.]