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[6] Afterwards Tachos easily recovered the Egyptian kingship,1 and Agesilaus, as the one who single-handed had restored his kingdom, was honoured with appropriate gifts. On his journey back to his native land by way of Cyrene Agesilaus died, and his body packed in honey2 was conveyed to Sparta where he received kingly burial and honour.

So far did events in Asia progress to the end of the year.

1 Contrary to Plut. Agesilaus 38.1 and 40.1, who seems more reliable. Tachos fled, Agesilaus established Nectanebos and left with gifts from the latter.

2 Contrary to Plut. Agesilaus 40.3: ". . . enclosed his dead body in melted wax, since they had no honey . . ." (Perrin, L.C.L.). Nepos Agesilaus 8.7 agrees with Plutarch.

Diodorus Siculus. Diodorus of Sicily in Twelve Volumes with an English Translation by C. H. Oldfather. Vol. 4-8. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989.

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