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[2] I have indeed a lot of other evidence that the name of
Heracles did not come from
Greece [22,39] (nation), Europe
Hellas
to
Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa
Egypt
, but from
Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa
Egypt
to
Greece [22,39] (nation), Europe
Hellas
(and in
Greece [22,39] (nation), Europe
Hellas
to those
Greeks who gave the name
Heracles to the son of
Amphitryon), besides this: that
Amphitryon and
Alcmene, the parents of this
Heracles, were both
Egyptian by descent
1
; and that the
Egyptians deny knowing the names
Poseidon and the
Dioscuri, nor are these gods reckoned among the gods of
Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa
Egypt
.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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