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Ἀπρίῃ. H. here fulfils his promise in ii. 161. 3 that he would relate ‘more fully’ in his Libyan λόγοι the reason for Apries' attack on Cyrene. It is, to say the least, odd (in view of ii. 152 seq.) that he should represent (§ 6) the Egyptians as ‘being ignorant and contemptuous of’ Greeks.

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