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He marched over the country doing this until he had crossed over from Asia (continent) Asia to Europe (continent) Europe and defeated the Scythians and Thracians. Thus far and no farther, I think, the Egyptian army went; for the pillars can be seen standing in their country, but in none beyond it.
He marched over the country doing this until he had crossed over from Asia (continent) Asia to Europe (continent) Europe and defeated the Scythians and Thracians. Thus far and no farther, I think, the Egyptian army went; for the pillars can be seen standing in their country, but in none beyond it.
[2] From there, he turned around and went back home; and when he came to the
Phasis
river, that King,
Sesostris, may have detached some part of his army and left it there to live in the country (for I cannot speak with exact knowledge), or it may be that some of his soldiers grew weary of his wanderings, and stayed by the
+Poti [41.683,42.183] (inhabited place), regions under republican jurisdiction, Georgia, Asia Phasis.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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