pontics

Updated: May 5, 2025

And at this point, my dear Celsus, we may, if we will be candid, make some allowance for these Paphlagonians and Pontics; the poor uneducated 'fat-heads' might well be taken in when they handled the serpent a privilege conceded to all who choose and saw in that dim light its head with the mouth that opened and shut.

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