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But my own belief about it is this. If the Phoenicians did in fact carry away the sacred women and sell one in Libya [17,25] (nation), Africa Libya and one in Greece [22,39] (nation), Europe Hellas , then, in my opinion, the place where this woman was sold in what is now Greece [22,39] (nation), Europe Hellas , but was formerly called Pelasgia, was +Nomo Thesprotias [20.333,39.5] (department), Epirus, Greece, Europe Thesprotia ;
But my own belief about it is this. If the Phoenicians did in fact carry away the sacred women and sell one in Libya [17,25] (nation), Africa Libya and one in Greece [22,39] (nation), Europe Hellas , then, in my opinion, the place where this woman was sold in what is now Greece [22,39] (nation), Europe Hellas , but was formerly called Pelasgia, was +Nomo Thesprotias [20.333,39.5] (department), Epirus, Greece, Europe Thesprotia ;
[2] and then, being a slave there, she established a shrine of
Zeus under an oak that was growing there; for it was reasonable that, as she had been a handmaid of the temple of
Zeus at
Thebes [32.666,25.683] (deserted settlement), Qina, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Africa
Thebes
, she would remember that temple in the land to which she had come.
[3] After this, as soon as she understood the
Greek language, she taught divination; and she said that her sister had been sold in
Libya [17,25] (nation), Africa
Libya
by the same
Phoenicians who sold her.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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