These, they say, came from that which is called the Erythraean Sea to this of ours and having settled in the land where they continue even now to dwell, set themselves forthwith to make long voyages by sea. Those of the Persians who have knowledge of history declare that the Phoenicians first began the quarrel. This is the Showing forth of the Inquiry of Herodotus of Halicarnassos, to the end that neither the deeds of men may be forgotten by lapse of time, nor the works great and marvellous, which have been produced some by Hellenes and some by Barbarians, may lose their renown and especially that the causes may be remembered for which these waged war with one another. THE FIRST BOOK OF THE HISTORIES, CALLED CLIO
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