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Among these the NerviiCf. xxii. 8, 40; these are the Neuri of Herodotus (iv. 105). inhabit the interior of the country near the lofty, precipitous peaks nipped by the north winds and benumbed with ice and snow. Behind these are the VidiniThe Budini of Herodotus, iv. 108–9. and the Geloni, exceedingly savage races, who strip the skins from their slain enemies to make clothing for themselves and coverings for their horses in war.See Mela, ii. 1, 14. On the frontier of the Geloni are the Agathyrsi, who checker their bodies and dye their hair with a blue colourThis detail is not mentioned by Herodotus (iv. 101). —the common people with a few small marks, but the nobles with more and broader spots of dye.Cf. Pliny, N.H. iv. 80; Mela, ii. 1, 10.
