Having made himself master of all Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt , he made the southern outer court of Hephaestus' temple at Mit Rahina [31.25,29.85] (inhabited place), Giza, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Africa Memphis , and built facing this a court for Apis, where Apis is kept and fed whenever he appears; this court has an inner colonnade all around it and many cut figures; the roof is held up by great statues twenty feet high for pillars. Apis in Greek is Epaphus.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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