Book 17
2.2
They live on millet and barley, from which also a drink is prepared. They have no oil, but use butter and fat instead.The translation follows the proposed correction of the text by Kramer. There are no fruits, except the produce of trees in the royal gardens. Some feed even upon grass, the tender twigs of trees, the lotus, or the roots of reeds. They live also upon the flesh and blood of animals, milk, and cheese. They reverence their kings as gods, who are for the most part shut up in their palaces.
