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| #### #### The Mares wore on their heads the plaited helmet peculiar to their country, and used small leathern bucklers, and javelins. #### The Colchians wore wooden helmets, and carried small shields of raw hide, and short spears; besides which they had swords. Both Mares and Colchians were under the command of Pharandates, the son of Teaspes. #### The Alarodians and Saspirians were armed like the Colchians; their leader was Masistes, the son of Siromitras. ####  |