Kitap 2
56.1
But my own belief about it is this. If the Phoenicians did in fact carry away the sacred women and sell one in Libya [17,25] (nation), Africa Libya and one in Greece [22,39] (nation), Europe Hellas , then, in my opinion, the place where this woman was sold in what is now Greece [22,39] (nation), Europe Hellas , but was formerly called Pelasgia, was +Nomo Thesprotias [20.333,39.5] (department), Epirus, Greece, Europe Thesprotia ;
56.2
and then, being a slave there, she established a shrine of Zeus under an oak that was growing there; for it was reasonable that, as she had been a handmaid of the temple of Zeus at Thebes [32.666,25.683] (deserted settlement), Qina, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Africa Thebes , she would remember that temple in the land to which she had come.
56.3
After this, as soon as she understood the Greek language, she taught divination; and she said that her sister had been sold in Libya [17,25] (nation), Africa Libya by the same Phoenicians who sold her.
57.1
I expect that these women were called “doves” by the people of Dodona [20.8,39.55] (Perseus) Dodona because they spoke a strange language, and the people thought it like the cries of birds;
57.2
then the woman spoke what they could understand, and that is why they say that the dove uttered human speech; as long as she spoke in a foreign tongue, they thought her voice was like the voice of a bird. For how could a dove utter the speech of men? The tale that the dove was black signifies that the woman was Egyptian Perhaps Herodotus' explanation is right. But the name “doves” may be purely symbolic; thus priestesses of Demeter and Artemis were sometimes called Bees..
57.3
The fashions of divination at Thebes [32.666,25.683] (deserted settlement), Qina, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Africa Thebes of Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt and at Dodona [20.8,39.55] (Perseus) Dodona are like one another; moreover, the practice of divining from the sacrificed victim has also come from Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt .
