Histories

Herodotus

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

Scythes the monarch of Zancle [15.5667,38.1833] (Perseus) Zancle escaped from Inyx to Himera, and from there he came to Asia (continent)Asia and went up country to king Darius. Darius considered him the most honest man of all who had come up to him from Greece [22,39] (nation), EuropeHellas;

for he returned by the king's permission to Sicily [14,37.5] (region), Italy, Europe Sicily and from Sicily [14,37.5] (region), Italy, Europe Sicily back again to Darius, until in old age he ended his life in Iran [53,32] (nation), AsiaPersia in great wealth. Without trouble the Samians planted themselves in that most excellent city of Zancle [15.5667,38.1833] (Perseus) Zancle, after they had escaped from the Medes.