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The Persians thus enslaved the rest of the Barcaeans, and went home. When they appeared before the city of Shahhat [21.866,32.833] (inhabited place), Al Jabal al Akhdar, Libya, AfricaCyrene, the Cyrenaeans let them pass through their city, so that a certain oracle might be fulfilled.
The Persians thus enslaved the rest of the Barcaeans, and went home. When they appeared before the city of Shahhat [21.866,32.833] (inhabited place), Al Jabal al Akhdar, Libya, AfricaCyrene, the Cyrenaeans let them pass through their city, so that a certain oracle might be fulfilled.
[2] As the army was passing through,
Badres the admiral of the fleet was for taking the city, but
Amasis the general of the land army would not consent, saying that he had been sent against
+Al Marj [20.833,32.5] (inhabited place), Al Jabal al Akhdar, Libya, Africa Barce and no other
Greek city; at last they passed through
Shahhat [21.866,32.833] (inhabited place), Al Jabal al Akhdar, Libya, AfricaCyrene and camped on the hill of
Lycaean Zeus; there they regretted not having taken the city, and tried to enter it again, but the
Cyrenaeans would not let them.
[3] Then, although no one attacked them, panic seized the
Persians, and they fled to a place seven miles distant and camped there; and while they were there, a messenger from
Aryandes came to the camp asking them to return. The
Persians asked and received from the
Cyrenaeans provisions for their march, after which they left to go to
Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt;
[4] but then they fell into the hands of the
Libyans, who killed the laggards and stragglers of the army for the sake of their garments and possessions; until at last they came to
Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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