Ancient Greek
Section 309
Eustathius Philol. et Scr. Eccl., Commentarium in Dionysii periegetae orbis descriptionem 309
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Ὅτι Μελάγχλαινοι λέγονται διὰ τὸ ἐν ἔθει μέλαν καὶ ζοφερὸν τοῦ ἐνδύματος, ὡς καὶ Ἡροδότῳ δοκεῖ, ὃς καὶ ἀνθρωποφαγεῖν αὐτοὺς εἰπὼν λέγει καὶ ὅτι Μελαγχλαίνων τὸ καθύπερθεν λίμναι καὶ γῆ ἔρημος ἀνθρώπων.