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Browsing named entities in a specific section of Herodotus, The Histories (ed. A. D. Godley). Search the whole document.
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Egypt (Egypt) (search for this): book 1, chapter 1
Red Sea (search for this): book 1, chapter 1
Argos (Greece) (search for this): book 1, chapter 1
Halicarnassus (Turkey) (search for this): book 1, chapter 1
This is the display of the inquiry of Herodotus of Halicarnassus, so that things done by man not be forgotten in time, and that great and marvelous deeds, some displayed by the Hellenes, some by the barbarians, not lose their glory, including among others what was the cause of their waging war on each other.
The Persian learned men say that the Phoenicians were the cause of the dispute. These (they say) came to our seas from the sea which is called Red,Not the modern Red Sea, but the Persian Halicarnassus, so that things done by man not be forgotten in time, and that great and marvelous deeds, some displayed by the Hellenes, some by the barbarians, not lose their glory, including among others what was the cause of their waging war on each other.
The Persian learned men say that the Phoenicians were the cause of the dispute. These (they say) came to our seas from the sea which is called Red,Not the modern Red Sea, but the Persian Gulf and adjacent waters. and having settled in the country which they still occupy, at once began to make long voyages. Among other places to which they carried Egyptian and Assyrian merchandise, they came to Argos,
which was at that time preeminent in every way among the people of what is now called Hellas. The Phoenicians came to Argos, and set out their cargo.
On the fifth or sixth day after their arrival, when their wares were almost all sold, many women came to the shore and among them
Greece (Greece) (search for this): book 1, chapter 1
Arabian Gulf (search for this): book 1, chapter 1