Art. Halicamassus. * Among the illustrious men
born at this place is Herodotus, the historian, who
is also called the Thurian, because he joined
himself to a colony at that place.' Book I. ^ It
was not improperly said by Herodotus (Euterpe 5)
that the whole of Egypt, at least the Delta, was
a gift of the river.' Book II. Strabo refers to
the account given (Melpom. 43) of the voyage
round Africa, attempted by the order of Darius.
Book VII. he refers to Melpomene 76. 120. and
Book X. he quotes the authority of Herodotus,
who affirms that at Memphis in Egypt there was
a temple of Neptune (Thalia 37.)

The last named writer brings our series of tes-
timonies to the commencement of the Christian
era. In passing up the stream of time we meet
next with

DioNTSius, the countryman of Herodotus, and
author of the ' Roman Antiquities,' and of several
critical treatises. In one of these, entitled ' The
Judgment of Ancient Writers,' and in another,
addressed to Cn. Pompey, Dionysius gives a
minute account of the style, method, and
comparative merits of our author. In the book
on Composition, he makes a long and literal
quotation from Clio 8 — 12. In the character
of Thucydides, he thus speaks of Herodotus :



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