>[Herodotus] never visited the eastern Black Sea coast and did not know how
>treacherous that could be for any campaign or migration.
Actually, just an interjection concerning the logic of the above
statement. I know some things about Europe. I've never gone to
Europe and so my knowledge of Europe might be fuzzy... but I know
some things about Europe. This is because my knowledge is second-hand,
given to me by others who *have* gone to or who live in Europe.
So, clearly Herodotus doesn't have to visit the eastern Black Sea
coast to know about that area as long as he has contacts that
*have* gone there and know what it's about. How can one prove
that he didn't have contacts?
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