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εἰρομένου δέ μευ τοὺς ἱρέας εἰ μάταιον λόγον λέγουσι οἱ Ἕλληνες τὰ περὶ Ἴλιον γενέσθαι ἢ οὔ, ἔφασαν πρὸς ταῦτα τάδε
When I asked the priests whether the Greeks' account of what happened at Troy was credible or not, they gave me the following answer.
Herodotus Histories 2.118

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