Xerxes said this and made good his words, then journeyed ever onward. Passing by the Phrygian town called Anaua, and the lake from which salt is obtained, he came to +Colossae [29.25,37.783] (deserted settlement), Denizli Ili, Ege kiyilari, Turkey, Asia Colossae, a great city in Phrygia (region (general)), Turkey, Asia Phrygia; there the river Lycus plunges into a cleft in the earth and disappears,The Lycus here flows in a narrow gorge, but there is no indication of its ever having flowed underground, except for a few yards. until it reappears about five stadia away; this river issues into the +Buyukmenderes Nehri [27.183,37.466] (river), Turkey, Asia Maeander.

From +Colossae [29.25,37.783] (deserted settlement), Denizli Ili, Ege kiyilari, Turkey, Asia Colossae the army held its course for the borders of Phrygia (region (general)), Turkey, Asia Phrygia and Lydia [27.516,38.683] (region (general)), Turkey, Asia Lydia, and came to the city of Cydrara, where there stands a pillar set up by Croesus which marks the boundary with an inscription.