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When Sesostris died, he was succeeded in the kingship (the priests said) by his son Pheros 1 . This king waged no wars, and chanced to become blind, for the following reason: the Nahr an- Nil [31.1,30.166] (river), Africa Nile came down in such a flood as there had never been, rising to a height of thirty feet, and the water that flowed over the fields was roughened by a strong wind;
When Sesostris died, he was succeeded in the kingship (the priests said) by his son Pheros 1 . This king waged no wars, and chanced to become blind, for the following reason: the Nahr an- Nil [31.1,30.166] (river), Africa Nile came down in such a flood as there had never been, rising to a height of thirty feet, and the water that flowed over the fields was roughened by a strong wind;
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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