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Rhodopis came to Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt to work, brought by Xanthes of Nisos Samos [26.8,37.75] (island), Samos, Aegean Islands, Greece, Europe Samos , but upon her arrival was freed for a lot of money by Kharaxus of Mytilene [26.55,39.1] (Perseus) Mytilene , son of Scamandronymus and brother of Sappho the poetess.
Rhodopis came to Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt to work, brought by Xanthes of Nisos Samos [26.8,37.75] (island), Samos, Aegean Islands, Greece, Europe Samos , but upon her arrival was freed for a lot of money by Kharaxus of Mytilene [26.55,39.1] (Perseus) Mytilene , son of Scamandronymus and brother of Sappho the poetess.
[2] Thus
Rhodopis lived as a free woman in
Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa
Egypt
, where, as she was very alluring, she acquired a lot of money—sufficient for such a
Rhodopis, so to speak, but not for such a pyramid.
[3] Seeing that to this day anyone who likes can calculate what one tenth of her worth was, she cannot be credited with great wealth. For
Rhodopis desired to leave a memorial of herself in
Greece [22,39] (nation), Europe
Greece
, by having something made which no one else had thought of or dedicated in a temple and presenting this at
Delphi [22.5167,38.4917] (Perseus)
Delphi
to preserve her memory;
[4] so she spent one tenth of her substance on the manufacture of a great number of iron beef spits, as many as the tenth would pay for, and sent them to
Delphi [22.5167,38.4917] (Perseus)
Delphi
; these lie in a heap to this day, behind the altar set up by the
Chians and in front of the shrine itself.
[5] The courtesans of
Kawm Juayf [30.583,30.9] (inhabited place), Al Buhayrah, Lower Egypt, Egypt, Africa
Naucratis
seem to be peculiarly alluring, for the woman of whom this story is told became so famous that every
Greek knew the name of
Rhodopis, and later on a certain
Archidice was the theme of song throughout
Greece [22,39] (nation), Europe
Greece
, although less celebrated than the other.
[6]
Kharaxus, after giving
Rhodopis her freedom, returned to
Mytilene [26.55,39.1] (Perseus)
Mytilene
. He is bitterly attacked by
Sappho in one of her poems. This is enough about
Rhodopis.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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