Histories

And in proportion as the sun draws to itself more water in summer than in winter, the water that commingles with the Ister is many times more abundant in summer than it is in winter; these opposites keep the balance true, so that the volume of the river appears always the same.

One of the rivers of the Scythians, then, is the Ister. The next is the +Dnestr (river), Europe Tyras;[*](The +Dnestr (river), Europe Dniester.) this comes from the north, flowing at first out of a great lake, which is the boundary between the Scythian and the Neurian countries; at the mouth of the river there is a settlement of Greeks, who are called Tyritae.

The third river is the Hypanis; this comes from Scythia (region (general)), AsiaScythia, flowing out of a great lake, around which wild, white horses graze. This lake is truly called the mother of the Hypanis.