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Θηβαϊκοῦ νομοῦ = the southern part of Upper Egypt, the later Thebais. H. is not consistent here with his own statement (c. 99) that Menes founded Memphis; that town lies some way ‘below’ (ἔνερθε), i.e. north of, L. Moeris (for which cf. c. 149 n.). The legend also is exaggerated; but ‘it contains the truth that Lower Egypt remained a land of swamps far later than Upper Egypt’ (Erman, E. p. 16). For νομοῦ cf. 164 n.

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