Herodotus Histories 4.85.2

ed. A.D. Godley

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Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.

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Histories (English) (Herodotus. Godley, Alfred Denis, translator. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann, Ltd., 1920-1925 (printing). (Modernized by Perseus.))

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Ἱστορίαι Perseus (Herodotus. Godley, Alfred Denis, editor. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann, Ltd., 1920-1925 (printing).) — 4.85.2 focus

Notes on the current edition

Histories

1. Herodotus is wrong. The Black Sea is 720 miles long (about 6280 stades), and, at the point of Herodotus' measurement, about 270 miles broad; its greatest breadth is 380 miles. His estimates for the Propontis and Canakkale Bogazi (strait), Canakkale, Marmara, Turkey, Asia Hellespont are also in excess, though not by much; the Karadeniz Bogazi (strait), Istanbul, Marmara, Turkey, AsiaBosporus is a little longer than he says, but its breadth is correctly given.