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These then are the most distant lands in Asia (continent) Asia and Libya [17,25] (nation), Africa Libya . But concerning those in Europe (continent) Europe that are the farthest away towards evening, I cannot speak with assurance; for I do not believe that there is a river called by foreigners +Po [12.5,44.966] (river), Italy, Europe Eridanus issuing into the northern sea, where our amber is said to come from, nor do I have any knowledge of Tin Islands, where our tin is brought from.
These then are the most distant lands in Asia (continent) Asia and Libya [17,25] (nation), Africa Libya . But concerning those in Europe (continent) Europe that are the farthest away towards evening, I cannot speak with assurance; for I do not believe that there is a river called by foreigners +Po [12.5,44.966] (river), Italy, Europe Eridanus issuing into the northern sea, where our amber is said to come from, nor do I have any knowledge of Tin Islands, where our tin is brought from.
[2] The very name
+Po [12.5,44.966] (river), Italy, Europe
Eridanus
betrays itself as not a foreign but a
Greek name, invented by some poet; nor for all my diligence have I been able to learn from one who has seen it that there is a sea beyond
Europe (continent)
Europe
. All we know is that our tin and amber come from the most distant parts.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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