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Chapter 62: XV. Thermodon.
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XV. Thermodon.

Thermodon is a river of Scythia, deriving its name from this accident. It was formerly called Crystallus, as being often frozen in the summer, the situation of the place producing this effect. But that name was altered upon this occasion....