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9.6
But the inhabitants of those countries affirm this beyond all else, and I have also read it inscribed upon their monuments, that Hercules, the son of Amphytrion, hastened to destroy the cruel tyrants Geryon and Tauriscus, of whom one oppressed Spain, the other, Gaul; and having overcome them both that he took to wife some high-born women and begat numerous children, who called by their own names the districts which they ruled.
9.7
But in fact a people of Asia from Phocaea, to avoid the severity of Harpalus,An error for Harpagus, see Index. prefect of king Cyrus, set sail for Italy. A part of them founded VeliaModern Castellamare della Bruca. in Lucania, the rest, MassiliaMarseilles. in the region of Vienne. Then in subsequent ages they established no small number of towns, as their strength and resources increased. But I must not discuss varying opinions, which often causes satiety.
