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Suppression of the Egyptian revolt. From Egyptian sources we learn that a native king Chabbasch reigned more than one year, the death of an Apis occurring in his second year, and that some measures were taken to protect the mouths of the Nile against the Persian fleet (Macan).


δευτέρῳ ... ἔτεϊ: i. e. in 484 B. C., probably in the spring.

δουλοτέρην. Darius had treated the Egyptians very well, building and repairing temples, re-establishing the decayed college of scribes at Sais (inscription of Uzahor, cf. iii. 16 n., Meyer, iii, § 101), completing the canal from the Nile to the Red Sea (ii. 158 nn.), and in general paying respect to the priesthood (ii. 110) and customs of Egypt. Henceforward little or no regard was paid to Egyptian prejudices; in Egypt as in Babylon the Persian king ceases to figure as a national king (i. 183 n.).

Ἀχαιμένεϊ: cf. ch. 236. He was full brother of Xerxes (vii. 97), and fell at Papremis 459 B. C. (iii. 12. 4).

Ἰνάρως: for his revolt cf. iii. 15. 3.

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