Histories

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.

Passing from Phrygia (region (general)), Turkey, Asia Phrygia into Lydia [27.516,38.683] (region (general)), Turkey, Asia Lydia, he came to the place where the roads part; the road on the left leads to +Caria [28,37.5] (region (general)), Turkey, Asia Caria, the one on the right to Sardis [28.0167,38.475] (Perseus) Sardis; on the latter the traveller must cross the river +Buyukmenderes Nehri [27.183,37.466] (river), Turkey, Asia Maeander and pass by the city of Callatebus, where craftsmen make honey out of wheat and tamarisks. Xerxes went by this road and found a plane-tree, which he adorned with gold because of its beauty, and he assigned one of his immortals to guard it. On the next day he reached the city of the Lydians.