Histories

Herodotus

Herodotus. Godley, Alfred Denis, translator. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann, Ltd., 1920-1925 (printing).

they must add to these a fourth part, the Delta of Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt, if it belongs neither to Asia (continent)Asia nor to Libya [17,25] (nation), AfricaLibya; for by their showing the Nahr an- Nil [31.1,30.166] (river), AfricaNile is not the river that separates Asia (continent)Asia and Libya [17,25] (nation), AfricaLibya; the Nahr an- Nil [31.1,30.166] (river), AfricaNile divides at the apex of this Delta, so that this land must be between Asia (continent)Asia and Libya [17,25] (nation), AfricaLibya.

We leave the Ionians' opinion aside, and our own judgment about the matter is this: Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt is all that country which is inhabited by Egyptians, just as Cilicia [34.333,36.666] (region (general)), Turkey, AsiaCilicia and Assyria are the countries inhabited by Cilicians and Assyrians, and we know of no boundary line (rightly so called) below Asia (continent)Asia and Libya [17,25] (nation), AfricaLibya except the borders of the Egyptians.