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πρώτην. Stein (cf. vi. 109. 3) explains πρώτην of the ‘importance’ of Samos. It is more natural (as Rawlinson) to make it chronological; H. was ignorant (cf. 150 n.) of the double capture of Babylon, and knew very little of the great rebellions (521-519 B.C.). But cf. c. 118 n.

Αἴγυπτον. Under the rule of the native Egyptian kings Greeks had been confined to the Delta (ii. 154, 178 nn.); they now penetrated into Middle and Upper Egypt. Among these early sightseers may have been Hecataeus.

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