Histories

Here they dwelt for six years; but in the seventh, the Libyans got them to leave the place, saying that they would lead them to a better;

and they brought the Greeks from Aziris and led them west, so calculating the hours of daylight that they led the Greeks past the fairest place in their country, called Irasa, at night, lest the Greeks see it in their journey.

Then they brought the Greeks to what is called the Fountain of Apollo, and said to them: “Here, Greeks, it is suitable for you to live; for here the sky is torn.”[*](That is, there is abundance of rain.)