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The Thracians who do not belong to these tribes have the customs which
follow. They sell their children to traders. On their maidens they
keep no watch, but leave them altogether free, while on the conduct of
their wives they keep a most strict watch. Brides are purchased of
their parents for large sums of money. Tattooing among them marks
noble birth, and the want of it low birth. To be idle is accounted
the most honourable thing, and to be a tiller of the ground the most
dishonourable. To live by war and plunder is of all things the most
glorious. These are the most remarkable of their customs.
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