The Twitter Herodotus

4.191 West of the Triton River live the Libyans who cultivate. There are a lot of wild beasts in this area, e.g., lions, elephants, & bears.

4.192 Different animals live in the nomads' country, including donkeys that never drink, foxes, weasels, and three different kinds of mice.

4.193 Next to the Maxyes (who live west of the Triton River) are the Zaueces. Their women drive chariots into battle.

4.194 Next to them are the Gyzantes. They keep bees but also make artificial honey. They smear themselves with vermillion and eat monkeys.

4.195 Off their coast there is a narrow island and on it a lake. Girls there smear feathers with pitch & bring up gold dust out of the mud.

4.196 Beyond the pillars of Hercules is a place where Carthiginians trade w/locals, gold for goods. They do it w/o talking to one another.

4.197 Those are the Libyans I can name. Four races inhabit the land: the Libyans & Ethiopians are indigenous; the Greeks & Persians are not.

4.198 Libyan land is not very productive compared to Asia and Europe, except for an area called Cinyps, which is watered by springs.

4.199 In Cyrene there are three growing seasons, so that the harvest lasts in all eight months. But enough about Libya. Back to the story.

4.200 So Aryandes sent an army to Libya at Pheretime's request, and they laid siege to Barca unsuccessfully for nine months.