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ἔτι καὶ νῦν. H.'s words imply that the Persians were in undisputed possession of Memphis (cf. App. IX. 1). There is no trace of lakes near Memphis; H. may be misled by the Nile flood filling the canal, the Bahr Yûssûf; its dry bed can still be seen to the north and west of Memphis. But Diodorus (i. 96) speaks of the Acherusian lake near Memphis, the circuit of which city he makes seventeen miles, and Murray (u. s.) accepts this as a fact. Cf. 97. 2 for the time of H's visit.

τὸ ἱρόν. This temple—that of Ptah—is most important as the probable source of H.'s information as to Egyptian history (cf. App. X. 10).

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