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πίλους κτλ. The feathered cap is characteristic of the peoples of the sea (among them the Lycians) who invaded Egypt in the days of Meneptah and Rameses III; cf. App. X. 8; W. Max Müller, Asien und Europa, p. 362 f.

δρέπανα: the Carian weapon; cf. ch. 93; v. 112. 2.

For the Lycians and their origin cf. i. 173 n.

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