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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith) | 10 | 10 | Browse | Search |
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Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) | 2 | 2 | Browse | Search |
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Herodotus, The Histories (ed. A. D. Godley), Book 2, chapter 161 (search)
Psammis reigned over Egypt for only six years; he invaded Ethiopia, and immediately thereafter died, and ApriesApries is the Hophra of O.T.; he reigned from 589 to 570 B.C., apparently. But the statement that he attacked Tyre and Sidon is inconsistent with Jewish history (Jerem.xxvii, Ezek.xvii.). the son of Psammis reigned in his place.
He was more fortunate than any former king (except his great-grandfather Psammetichus) during his rule of twenty-five years, during which he sent an army against Sidon and fought at sea with the king of Tyre.
But when it was fated that evil should overtake him, the cause of it was something that I will now deal with briefly, and at greater length in the Libyan part of this history.
Apries sent a great force against Cyrene and suffered a great defeat. The Egyptians blamed him for this and rebelled against him; for they thought that Apries had knowingly sent his men to their doom, so that after their perishing in this way he might be the more secure i
Herodotus, The Histories (ed. A. D. Godley), Book 4, chapter 159 (search)