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From the coast inland as far as Heliopolis the breadth of Egypt is
considerable, the country is flat, without springs, and full of
swamps. The length of the route from the sea up to Heliopolis is
almost exactly the same as that of the road which runs from the altar of
the twelve gods at Athens to the temple of Olympian Jove at Pisa.
If a person made a calculation he would find but a very little
difference between the two routes, not more than about fifteen
furlongs; for the road from Athens to Pisa falls short of fifteen
hundred furlongs by exactly fifteen, whereas the distance of
Heliopolis from the sea is just the round number.
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