Histories

Herodotus

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

Winged serpents are said to fly from Arabian Peninsula [45,25] (region (general)), AsiaArabia at the beginning of spring, making for Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt; but the ibis birds encounter the invaders in this pass and kill them.