§4.198.1δοκέει δέ μοι οὐδʼ ἀρετὴν εἶναι τις ἡ Λιβύη σπουδαίη ὥστε ἢ Ἀσίῃ ἢ Εὐρώπῃ παραβληθῆναι, πλὴν Κίνυπος μούνης· τὸ γὰρ δὴ αὐτὸ οὔνομα ἡ γῆ τῷ ποταμῷ ἔχει.
And Libya does not seem to me to be of any remarkable fertility so as to be compared either with Asia or with Europe, except only Cinyps; for the land has the same name as the river.
§4.198.2αὕτη δὲ ὁμοίη τῇ ἀρίστῃ γέων Δήμητρος καρπὸν ἐκφέρειν οὐδὲ ἔοικε οὐδὲν τῇ ἄλλῃ Λιβύῃ.
This land is equal to the best of lands in bearing the fruit of Demeter, and is not at all like the rest of Libya.
μελάγγαιός τε γὰρ ἐστὶ καὶ ἔπυδρος πίδαξι, καὶ οὔτε αὐχμοῦ φροντίζουσα οὐδὲν οὔτε ὄμβρον πλέω πιοῦσα δεδήληται.
For it is black-soiled and well-watered with springs, and is neither caring at all for drought nor having been damaged by drinking too much rain.
ὕεται γὰρ δὴ ταῦτα τῆς Λιβύης.
For indeed this part of Libya is visited by rain.
τῶν δὲ ἐκφορίων τοῦ καρποῦ ταὐτὰ μέτρα τῇ Βαβυλωνίῃ γῇ κατίσταται.
And the measure of its yield of fruit equals that of the Babylonian land.
ἀγαθὴ δὲ γῆ καὶ τὴν Εὐεσπερῖται νέμονται· §4.198.3ἐπʼ ἑκατοστὰ γάρ, ἐπεὰν αὐτὴ ἑωυτῆς ἄριστα ἐνείκῃ, ἐκφέρει, ἣ δὲ ἐν τῆ Κίνυπι ἐπὶ τριηκόσια.
The land which the Euesperitae inhabit is also good; for when it bears at its very best, it yields a hundredfold, while that in Cinyps yields three hundredfold.