Histories

Herodotus

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

One of them maintains that the Etesian winds[*](The regular N.W. winds which blow in summer from the Mediterranean Sea [30,31.5] (sea)Mediterranean.) are the cause of the river being in flood, because they hinder the Nahr an- Nil [31.1,30.166] (river), AfricaNile from emptying into the sea. But there are many times when the Etesian winds do not blow, yet the Nahr an- Nil [31.1,30.166] (river), AfricaNile does the same as before.