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A ROYAL TOURIST

or those with the means and opportunity, tourism and travel could also become a form of entertainment. The Persian king Xerxes provides a perfect example of this. Before invading Thessaly in the summer 7.128-130) mentions a second motive: the king greatly admired the great works of nature.

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