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ACRIDOPHAGI

ACRIDO´PHAGI (Ἀκριδοφάγοι), or Locusteaters,t he name given by Diodorus (Diod. 3.29) and Strabo (p. 770) to one of the half-savage tribes of Aethiopia bordering on the Red Sea, who received their denomination from their mode of life or their staple food.

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