A Manual of Ancient History: Particularly with Regard to the Constitutions, the Commerce, and the Colonies, of the States of AntiquityHeeren, A. H. L. (Arnold Hermann Ludwig)
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A Manual of Ancient History: Particularly with Regard to the Constitutions, the Commerce, and the Colonies, of the States of Antiquity
Heeren, A. H. L. (Arnold Hermann Ludwig)
Geography, Ancient; History, Ancient
He was followed by three Followed by fifty-two successors,
hundred and thirty kings ranging over a period of more
belonging to the previous than 1400 years.
period, concerning which our
information is very incomplete: _Busiris I._ and eight successors;
among those sovereigns were the last of whom was
eighteen Ethiopians, and one
queen named Nitocris. _Busiris II._ the founder of
Thebes.
_Osymandyas_ and eight successors;
the last of whom was
_Uchoreus_, founder of Memphis.
_Aegyptus_, grandson of the
foregoing. After the lapse
of twelve generations,
_Moeris._ _Moeris._
Seven generations.
_Sesostris._ _Sesostris_ or _Sesoosis_.
_Pheron_, son of Sesostris. _Sesostris II._ son of the
foregoing: he assumed his
father's name.
Interval comprising several
generations.
_Amasis_, and the Ethiopian,
_Actisanus._
_Mendes_ or _Manes_, builder
of the labyrinth.
Anarchy which lasted five
generations.
_Proteus_, in the time of the _Proteus_ or _Cetes_, in the time
Trojan war. of the Trojan war.
_Rhampsinitus._ _Remphis_, son of the foregoing.
Seven generations, in the course
of which flourished _Nileus_,
from whom the Nile derives
its name.
_Cheops_, builder of the great _Chemmis_ or _Chembes_, from
pyramid. Memphis, builder of the great
pyramid.
_Chephres_, brother to the _Cephren_, brother to the
foregoing, builder of a pyramid. foregoing, builder of a pyramid.
_Mycerinus_, son of Cheops, _Mycerinus_, son of Chemmis,
builder of a pyramid. builder of a pyramid.
_Asychis_ the legislator. _Bochoris_ the legislator.
_Anysis_, who was blind. Interval of several generations.
_Sabaco_, the Ethiopian. _Sabaco_, the Ethiopian
_Anysis_, king for the second
time.
_Sethos_, a priest of Vulcan.
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