Histories

Men that have scant land measure by feet; those that have more, by miles; those that have much land, by parasangs; and those who have great abundance of it, by schoeni.

The parasang is three and three quarters miles, and the schoenus, which is an Egyptian measure, is twice that.

By this reckoning, then, the seaboard of Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt will be four hundred and fifty miles in length. Inland from the sea as far as Heliopolis [31.333,30.1] (deserted settlement), Cairo, Urban, Egypt, Africa Heliopolis, Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt is a wide land, all flat and watery and marshy. From the sea up to Heliopolis [31.333,30.1] (deserted settlement), Cairo, Urban, Egypt, Africa Heliopolis is a journey about as long as the way from the altar of the twelve gods at Athens [23.7333,37.9667] (Perseus)Athens to the temple of Olympian Zeus at Pisa [21.65,37.65] (Perseus)Pisa.