Ethiopian Trivia
According to Herodotus, this 'table' in Ethiopia was believed to be filled daily with food provided by the earth itself.
Table of the Sun
(TRUE OR FALSE)
Herodotus claims that Indians have intercourse in their temples.
FALSE (outside)
According to Herodotus, Arabia is the only place on earth where this grows. The other rare crops there are myrrh, cassia, cinnamon, and ledanon.
Frankincense
According to Herodotus, the Scythians considered this to be the wife of Zeus
Earth
According to Rosallini and Said, which group is described as existing between 'savagery and civilization'?
The Messagetae, Scythians, or Libyans.
Of the five gifts sent by Cambyses, king of the Persians, which did the Ethiopian king admire, admitting that in this one respect, the Persians were superior?
Wine.
According to Herodotus, the customary way to deal with nomadic Indians who fall sick is to do this.
Their closest male/female associates kill them
What are the two types of sheep that are found in Arabia? (Hint: Characteristics of their tails)
Long tailed and Broad tailed sheeps
According to Herodotus, the Scythians do not sacrifice this animal.
Pig
What are the marriage customs of the ‘civilized savages’?
Polygamy, Sharing wives
According to Herodotus, Ethiopians traditionally chose their king based on this physical attribute, along with the strength to match it.
Height
According to Herodotus, this group of Indians are nomads who are known for eating raw meat.
Padaioi
According to Herodotus, if this were to survive and live out their natural life spans, humans would not be able to survive at all.
Viper and/or Arabian winged serpents
According to Herodotus, the Scythians sacrifice animals in the same way, except for sacrifices to this god.
Ares
What item do Gindanes women wear to signal their sexual promiscuity and self-worth?
Anklets
Ethiopians value this metal over gold.
Copper
According to Herodotus, one way the Indians have acquired an immense presence of gold is by doing this
It was mined, washed down by the river, or plundered from ants
The Arabians use ladanum as incense. According to Herodotus, they collect it from this surprising place.
The beards of male goats (clinging there like glue after the goats have been forging in the bushes that produce it).
Scythian soldiers' handkerchiefs are made of this material.
Human skin
According to Herodotus, which group ‘makes no distinction between masculine or feminine pursuits’?
Sauromatae
The Ethiopian king claimed this was the average lifespan of Ethiopians, crediting their diet and spring.
120 years.
According to Herodotus, in the desert of sand live huge ants, smaller than these creatures but larger than these.
According to Herodotus, the Arabians couldn't say exactly where cinnamon comes from, but some believed it sprouted in the land where this god grew up.
Dionysos
The Scythians made their clothes out of this plant
Cannabis
As described by Herodotus, which group practices the custom, ‘when the child of a woman has grown strong, the men gather by the third month, and the child is considered the song of the man he resembles’?
Auseans