[Now the Pedasians dwell above Halicarnassos, and at this Pedasa a thing happens as follows:-whenever to the whole number of those who dwell about this city some trouble is about to come within a certain time, then the priestess of Athene in that place gets a long beard; and this has happened to them twice before now.
(Pedasarrei dagokienez, Halikarnasoren iparrera bizi dira; eta herri horretan honako fenomeno hau gertatzen da: hiri horren inguruetako herriei zerbait gertatzera dihoakienean, hain justu orduantxe, Athenearen bertako sazerdotesari bizar sarria irteten zaio. Eta hori birritan gertatu zaie jadanik.