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Herodotus, The Histories (ed. A. D. Godley)
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CXV. These then are the most distant lands in Asia and Libya. But concerning those in Europe that are the farthest away towards evening, I cannot speak with assurance; for I do not believe that there is a river called by foreigners Eridanus issuing into the northern sea, where our amber is said to come from, nor do I have any knowledge of Tin Islands, where our tin is brought from. [2] The very name Eridanus betrays itself as not a foreign but a Greek name, invented by some poet; nor for all my diligence have I been able to learn from one who has seen it that there is a sea beyond Europe. All we know is that our tin and amber come from the most distant parts.
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Further comments from W. W. How, J. Wells, A Commentary on Herodotus:
book 3 (general note)
book 3, chapter 115 (general note)
book 3, chapter 115, section 1: Êridanon
book 3, chapter 115, section 1: eousas
book 3, chapter 115, section 2: to ounoma
book 3, chapter 115, section 2: d' ôn
book 3, chapter 115, section 2: kassiteros
book 3, chapter 115, section 2: êlektron
Cross references from Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache (ed. Ildar Ibraguimov):
521 [Kai). [Kypr. kas, ka]).]
Cross references from Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, Syntax of Classical Greek:
37, 473 [Singular predicate agreeing with nearest or most important subject. ]
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This text is based on the following book(s): Herodotus, with an English translation by A. D. Godley. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1920. OCLC: 1610641 ISBN: 0674991303, 0674991311, 0674991338, 0674991346
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