The second opinion is less grounded on knowledge than the previous, though it is more marvellous to the ear: according to it, the river effects what it does because it flows from Ocean, which flows around the whole world.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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