If, after having condemned the opinions proposed, I must indicate what I myself think about these obscure matters, I shall say why I think the Nahr an- Nil [31.1,30.166] (river), Africa Nile floods in the summer. During the winter, the sun is driven by storms from his customary course and passes over the inland parts of Libya [17,25] (nation), Africa Libya .
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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