Now as soon as the Persians took possession of Egypt , they became the caretakers of the entryway into it, having it provisioned with water in the way I have described. But at this time there was as yet no ready supply of water; and so Cambyses, hearing what was said by the stranger from Halicarnassus , sent messengers to the Arabian and asked and obtained safe conduct, giving to him and receiving from him pledges.
The Greek stands ready in the workroom; the English is served. Both faces will read together.
The Histories, Herodotus — translated by A. D. Godley, 1920–25
Perseus Digital Library — Herodotus, The Histories (Godley translation) · A. D. Godley, Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press / William Heinemann, 1920–25
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