On the tenth day after the surrender of the walled city of Mit Rahina [31.25,29.85] (inhabited place), Giza, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Africa Memphis , Cambyses took Psammenitus king of Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt , who had reigned for six months, and confined him in the outer part of the city with other Egyptians, to insult him; having confined him there, he tried Psammenitus' spirit, as I shall show.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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