and when I inquired why to them alone Perseus was wont to appear, and wherefore they were separated from all the other Egyptians in that they held an athletic contest, they said that Perseus had been born of their city, for Danaos and Lynkeus were men of Chemmis and had sailed to Hellas, and from them they traced a descent and came down to Perseus:
Eta galdetu nienean zergatik Perseo haiei bakarrik agertu ohi zitzaien eta zergatik bereizten ziren gainerako egyptoarrengandik gymnasi lehiaketa ipiniz, Perseo jatorriz beren hirikoa zela erantzun zidaten;