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CATALOGUE of the Editions of the principal GREEK AUTHORS cited in this WORK.

H

ERODOTUS. Francof. An. 1068.

THUCYDIDES. Apud Henricum Stephanum. An.

1588.

XENOPHON. Lutetia Parifiorum, apud Societatem Græcarum Editionum. An. 1625.

POLYBIUS. Parifiis. An. 1609.

DIODORUS SICULUS. Hanovia, Typis Wechelianis. An. 1004.

PLUTARCHUS. Lutetia Parifiorum apud Societatem Gacarum Editionum. An. 1624.

STRABO. Lutetiæ Parifionum, Typis regiis. An.1620. ATHENEUS. Lugduni. An. 1612.

PAUSANIAS. Hanoviæ, Typis Wechelianis. An.1613. APPIANUS ALEXANDER. Apud Henric. Stephan.

An. 1592.

PLATO. Ex nova Joannis Serrani interpretatione. Apud Henricum Stephanum. An. 1578.

ARISTOTELES. Lutetia Parifiorum, apud Societa tem Græcarum Editionum. An. 1619.

ISOCRATES. Apud Paulum Stephanum. An. 1604.

DIOGENES LAERTIUS. Apud Henricum Stephanum. An. 1594

THE

ANCIENT HISTORY

OF THE

EGYPTIANS.

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SHALL divide what I have to fay upon the Egyptians into three parts. The firft contains a concife defcription of the different parts of Egypt, and of what is most remarkable in it. In the fecond I treat of the customs, laws, and religion of the Egyptians: and in the third, I give the hiftory of their kings.

PART THE FIRST.

The Defcription of Egypt: with an Account of whatever is most curious and remarkable in that Country.

*

GYPT comprehended anciently, within limits of no very great extent, a prodigious number of cities, and an incredible multitude of inhabitants.

It is bounded on the eaft by the Red-Sea and the Ifthmus of Suez; on the fouth by Ethiopia, on the weft by Lybia, and on the north by the Mediterranean. The Nile runs from fouth to north, through the whole country, about two hundred leagues in length. This, country is enclosed on each fide with a ridge of mountains, which very often leave, between the foot of the

*It is related that under Amafis, there were twenty thousand inhabited cities in Egypt. HER. I. ii. c. 177.

hills and the river Nile, a tract of ground, not above half a day's journey in length*, and fometimes less.

On the weft fide, the plain grows wider in some places, and extends to twenty-five or thirty leagues. The greateft breadth of Egypt is from Alexandria to Damiata, being about fifty leagues.

Ancient Egypt may be divided into three principal parts; Upper Egypt, otherwife called Thebais, which was the most fouthern part; Middle Egypt, or Heptanomis, fo called from the feven Nomi or districts it contained; Lower Egypt, which included what the Greeks call Delta, and all the country as far as the RedSea, and along the Mediterranean to Rhinocolura, or Mount Cafius. a Under Sefoftris, all Egypt became one kingdom, and was divided into thirty-fix governments or Nomi; ten in Thebais, ten in Delta, and fixteen in the country between both.

The cities of Syene and Elephantina divided Egypt from Ethiopia; and in the days of Auguftus were the boundaries of the Roman empire: Clauftra olim Romani Imperii, Tacit. Annal. Lib. ii. Cap. 61.

CHAP. I.

THE BAIS.

HEBES, from whence Thebais had its name, might vie with the nobleft cities in the universe. Its hundred gates, celebrated by Homer, bare univerfally known; and acquired it the furname of Hecatonpylos, to diftinguish it from the other Thebes in Boeotia. It was qually large and populous; and, according to hiftory, could send out at once two hundred chariots and ten thoufand fighting men at each of its gates. d The Greeks and Romans have celebrated

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A day's journey is 24 caftern, or 33 English miles and a quarter.

Strabo. 1. 17, p. 787. Hom, Il. 1 ver. 381, Strab. 1. xvii,

.816.

Tacit. Ann. 1. ii. c. 6e,

Rollin's Ant. Hist. Vol.I.

ANTIQUITIES OF EGYPT... Published 20 June 1740 by I.&P. Knapton.

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