« Hdt. 4.177 | Hdt. 4.178 | Hdt. 4.179 | About This Work »
178Next after the Lotophagoi along the sea-coast are the Machlyans, who also make use of the lotos, but less than those above mentioned. These extend to a great river named the river Triton, and this runs out into a great lake called Tritonis, in which there is an island named Phla. About this island they say there was an oracle given to the Lacedemonians that they should make a settlement in it.
« Hdt. 4.177 | Hdt. 4.178 | Hdt. 4.179 | About This Work »