After the reign of the priest of Hephaestus the Egyptians were made free. But they could never live without a king, so they divided Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt into twelve districts and set up twelve kings.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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