Herodotus, Histories, ed. A.D. Godley, 4.157.2

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[2] Then the priestess gave them this reply:

“If you know Libya [17,25] (nation), AfricaLibya nurse of sheep better than I,

Though I have been there and you have not, then I am very much astonished at your knowledge.”

Hearing this, Battus and his men sailed back again; for the god would not let them do anything short of colonizing Libya [17,25] (nation), AfricaLibya itself;

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[2] ἡ δὲ Πυθίη σφι πρὸς ταῦτα χρᾷ τάδε.

αἰ τὺ ἐμεῦ Λιβύην μηλοτρόφον οἶδας ἄμεινον,

μὴ ἐλθὼν ἐλθόντος, ἄγαν ἄγαμαι σοφίην σεῦ.

ἀκούσαντες δὲ τούτων οἱ ἀμφὶ τὸν Βάττον ἀπέπλωον ὀπίσω· οὐ γὰρ δή σφεας ἀπίει ὁ θεὸς τῆς ἀποικίης, πρὶν δὴ ἀπίκωνται ἐς αὐτὴν Λιβύην.

Herodotus Histories 4.157.2

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