...Continent, for he says that " they arrived in Egypt, and related to me what does not seem credible to me, but may to others, that as they sailed round Libya, they had the sun on their right hand." 2 The same sort of treatment has since been meted out to many other geographical explorers, amongst...

...thus passed, in the third, having doubled the Pillars of Hercules, they arrived in Egypt, and related that as they sailed round Libya, they had the Sun on their right hand." Of this voyage, the poet builds the detailed story. It was his last work and was dictated when illness...

...sailing, and waited for harvest ; then having reaped the corn they put to sea again. When two years had passed, in the third, having doubled the Pillars of...round Libya, they had the sun on their right hand." An expedition was made by Necho's successor, Psamtik II., into the Sudan, which has become famous through...

...whatever part of Libya they happened to be sailing, and waited for harvest. Then, having reaped the com, they put to sea again. When two years had thus passed,...sun on their right hand. Thus was Libya first known. "J Evidently it is unnecessary to go outside Polynesia in order to discover people who were capable...

...Phoenicians in ships, with orders to sail back through the Pillars of Hercules into the northern sea, and so to return to Egypt. The Phoenicians, accordingly,...sun on their right hand. Thus was Libya first known. On Scythia All this country which I have been speaking of is subject to such a severe winter that for...

...whatever part of Libya they happened to be sailing, and waited for harvest ; then iaying reaped tlie corn, they put to sea again. When two years had thus...sun on their right hand. Thus was Libya first known ;" and in the next chapter (48) he continues : " Moreover, the Carthaginians relate the same." the...