Herodotus, Histories, ed. A.D. Godley, 7.20.2

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[2] This was by far the greatest of all expeditions that we know of. The one that Darius led against the Scythians is nothing compared to it; neither is the Scythian expedition when they burst into Media¹ in pursuit of the Cimmerians and subdued and ruled almost all the upper lands of Asia (continent)Asia (it was for this that Darius afterwards attempted to punish them). According to the reports, the expedition led by the sons of Atreus against +Troy [26.2833,39.9167] (Perseus) Troy is also nothing by comparison; neither is the one of the Mysians and Teucrians which before the Trojan war crossed the +Karadeniz Bogazi (strait), Istanbul, Marmara, Turkey, Asia Bosporus into Europe (continent)Europe,² subdued all the Thracians, and came down to the +Ionian Sea [19,39] (sea), Europe Ionian sea, marching southward as far as the river Peneus.

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[2] στόλων γὰρ τῶν ἡμεῖς ἴδμεν πολλῷ δὴ μέγιστος οὗτος ἐγένετο, ὥστε μήτε τὸν Δαρείου τὸν ἐπὶ Σκύθας παρὰ τοῦτον μηδένα φαίνεσθαι, μήτε τὸν Σκυθικόν, ὅτε Σκύθαι Κιμμερίους διώκοντες ἐς τὴν Μηδικὴν χώρην ἐσβαλόντες σχεδὸν πάντα τὰ ἄνω τῆς Ἀσίης καταστρεψάμενοι ἐνέμοντο, τῶν εἵνεκεν ὕστερον Δαρεῖος ἐτιμωρέετο, μήτε κατὰ τὰ λεγόμενα τὸν Ἀτρειδέων ἐς Ἴλιον, μήτε τὸν Μυσῶν τε καὶ Τευκρῶν τὸν πρὸ τῶν Τρωικῶν γενόμενον, οἳ διαβάντες ἐς τὴν Εὐρώπην κατὰ Βόσπορον τούς τε Θρήικας κατεστρέψαντο πάντας καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰόνιον πόντον κατέβησαν, μέχρι τε Πηνειοῦ ποταμοῦ τὸ πρὸς μεσαμβρίης ἤλασαν.

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1. Cp. Hdt. 1.103 ; Hdt. 4.1 .

2. It seems fairly clear that there was some sort of movement from the one continent to the other; Herodotus makes it from Asia (continent)Asia to Europe (continent)Europe; but on the evidence it is just as likely to have been the other way. See How and Wells, ad loc.

Herodotus Histories 7.20.2

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