So BadAncient's stuff is generally excellent, but I actually have more than a quibble with this one - the question being if elephants were given wine before battle. The main point, that the source testimony on this in Greek is very thin is fair...https://twitter.com/AncientWorldMag/status/1389938010440015876 …
...like the dietary requirements of elephants (except that starving them is bad), their handling, mating cycles, their capture (except 'from the elephant forests' which, yes) or training. It's not that kind of work, so I'm not surprised it doesn't discuss inducing musth.
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Hmm, fair. I still feel that this may be tangential, as it seems like it's reasonable evidence to suggest it happened in India, but somewhat distant from the Greek evidence and I worry about over-emphasising the
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I suppose I find myself thinking that if Trautmann thinks its at least plausible then it probably isn't 'false' even if we might not say it is confirmed. I mean, don't get me wrong - the Greek source tradition is thin and it sure seems a bit crazy of a thing to do!
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