Book 17
1.18
Next after the fortress of the Milesians, in proceeding towards the Sebennytic mouth, are lakes, one of which is called Butice, from the city Butus; then the city Sebennytice and Sais, the capital of the lower country; here Minerva is worshipped. In the temple there of this goddess, is the tomb of Psammitichus. Near Butus is Hermopolis, situated in an island, and at Butus is an oracle of Latona.
1.19
In the interior above the Sebennytic and Phatnitic mouths is Xoïs, both an island and a city in the Sebennytic Nome. There are also Hermopolis, Lycopolis, and Mendes, where PanThe horned Pan. is worshipped, and of animals a goat. Here, according to Pindar, goats have intercourse with women.
1.19
Near Mendes are Diospolis, and the lakes about it, and Leontopolis; then further on, the city Busiris,The people of Busiris worshipped Isis, and at one epoch, according to Hellenic tradition, sacrificed red men, who came over the sea, i. e. the nomades of Syria and Arabia. in the Busirite Nome, and Cynospolis.
