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ἀτρεκέως: cf. 147. 1 n. The word ἀλλόγλωσσος occurs in the great Abusimbel inscription (cf. Roberts, Epigraphy, i. 151 f.) for the ‘mercenaries’, Greek and other, of Psammetichus II, as opposed to his native troops; the former are commanded by a special commander, Potasimto (cf. Maspero, iii. 537-8 nn.).

πρῶτοι. For the Egyptian dislike of strangers cf. 91. 1; H. has never heard of the Hyksos (cf. App. X. 6) or of Libyan settlements in Egypt.

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