Herodotus, Histories, ed. A.D. Godley, 4.178

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Next to these along the coast are the Machlyes, who also use the lotus, but less than the aforesaid people. Their country reaches to a great river called the Triton,¹ which empties into the great Tritonian lake, in which is an island called Phla. It is said that the Lacedaemonians were told by an oracle to plant a settlement on this island.

Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.

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[1] λωτοφάγων δὲ τὸ παρὰ θάλασσαν ἔχονται Μάχλυες, τῷ λωτῷ μὲν καὶ οὗτοι χρεώμενοι, ἀτὰρ ἧσσον γε τῶν πρότερον λεχθέντων, κατήκουσι δὲ ἐπὶ ποταμὸν μέγαν τῷ οὔνομα Τρίτων ἐστί· ἐκδιδοῖ δὲ οὗτος ἐς λίμνην μεγάλην Τριτωνίδα. ἐν δὲ αὐτῇ, νῆσος ἔνι τῇ, οὔνομα Φλά. ταύτην δὲ τὴν νῆσον Λακεδαιμονίοισι φασὶ λόγιον εἶναι κτίσαι.

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1. The “ Triton” legend may arise from the Argonauts' finding a river which reminded them of their own river Triton in Boeotia (department), Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, Europe Boeotia, and at the same time identifying the local goddess (cp. Hdt. 4.180 ) with Athena, one of whose epithets was Τριτογένεια (whatever that means).

Herodotus Histories 4.178

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