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πατρίοισι: the conservatism of the Egyptians was as marked as that of the Chinese; for an even stronger assertion of this cf. 91. 1. Here H. proceeds (cc. 79, 80) to add two apparent exceptions.

ἐπάξια here and in vii. 96. 2 must = ‘worthy of mention’; but in vii. 96 παραμέμνημαι immediately precedes.

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