Herodotus - The Histories.pdf

40 V Herodotus
as thou now art. If thou dost, thou wilt not repent
of it so long as thy life endures.”
When Xerxes had so spoken and had made good
his promises to Pythius, he pressed forward upon
his march; and passing Anaua, a Phrygian city,
and a lake from which salt is gathered, he came to
Colossae, a Phrygian city of great size, situated at
a spot where the river Lycus plunges into a chasm
and disappears. This river, after running under
ground a distance of about five furlongs, reappears
once more, and empties itself, like the
stream above mentioned, into the Maeander.
Leaving Colossae, the army approached the borders
of Phrygia where it abuts on Lydia; and here
they came to a city called Cydrara, where was a
pillar set up by Croesus, having an inscription on
it, showing the boundaries of the two countries.
Where it quits Phrygia and enters Lydia the road
separates; the way on the left leads into Caria,
while that on the right conducts to Sardis. If you
follow this route, you must cross the Maeander,
and then pass by the city Callatebus, where the