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Psammis

（*Ya/mmis), king of Egypt, succeeded his father Necho in B. C. 601, and reigned six years. He carried on war against Ethiopia, and died immediately after his return from the latter country. He was succeeded by his son Apries in B. C. 596 or 595. (Hdt. 2.159-161.) In consequence of the shortness of his reign and his war with the Ethiopians, his name does not occur in the writers of the Old Testament, like those of his father and son. Herodotus is the only writer who calls him Psammis. Manetho calls him Psammûthis, and Rosellini and Wilkinson make him Psametik II. (Bunsen, Aegpytens Stelle in der Weltgesehictde, vol. iii. p. 130.)

William Smith. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. London. John Murray: printed by Spottiswoode and Co., New-Street Square and Parliament Street. In the article on Soranus, we find: "at this present time (1848)" and this date seems to reflect the dates of works cited. 1873 - probably the printing date.

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