Histories

Herodotus

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

After this he prepared to march to Abydus [26.416,40.2] (deserted settlement), Canakkale, Marmara, Turkey, AsiaAbydos; meanwhile his men were bridging the Canakkale Bogazi (strait), Canakkale, Marmara, Turkey, Asia Hellespont from Asia (continent)Asia to Europe (continent)Europe. On the Gelibolu Yarimadasi (peninsula), Canakkale, Marmara, Turkey, AsiaChersonese, which is on the Canakkale Bogazi (strait), Canakkale, Marmara, Turkey, Asia Hellespont, between the city of Sestos [26.4,40.2833] (Perseus)Sestus and Madytos [26.3667,40.2] (Perseus)Madytus there is a broad headland[*](Between the modern bays of Zemenik ( +Sestos [26.4,40.2833] (Perseus) Sestos) and Kilia: some four miles broad.) running out into the sea opposite Abydus [26.416,40.2] (deserted settlement), Canakkale, Marmara, Turkey, AsiaAbydos. It was here that not long afterwards the Athenians, when Xanthippus son of Ariphron was their general, took Artayctes, a Persian and the governor of Sestos [26.4,40.2833] (Perseus)Sestus, and crucified him alive; he had been in the habit of bringing women right into the temple of Protesilaus at Elaeus and doing impious deeds there.