[860] In the text λίθου πωρείας, Groskurd reads πωρίνου, which word occurs in Herod. v. 62, and translates it “tufstein.” [861] No passage is to be found in his Geography to this effect, it has either been lost from the text, or existed in his other works. [862] “It is said that the captives from Babylon revolted from the king (Sesostris), being unable to endure the sufferings to which they were exposed in the public works. They seized upon a strong place on the banks of the river, and maintained for some time a contest with the Egyptians, destroying the neighbouring district. At last, having obtained security from molestation, they made a regular settlement of the place, and called it Babylon, after their native city. Under similar circumstances, it is said, a place received the name of Troy which still exists on the banks of the Nile. For Menelaus, on his return from Troy with captives, came to Egypt. The Trojan captives revolted, took up a position, and carried on a war, until having obtained safety for themselves by treaty, they founded a city bearing the name of their native place.” I am aware that Ctesias gives a different account of these cities, and says that some of the soldiers who accompanied Semiramis in her invasion of Egypt founded these cities, and gave to them the names of their native cities. Diod. Sic. i. 56. [863] This passage presents great difficulties. Kramer expresses himself dissatisfied with any explanation hitherto given. Und so dass der Kanal zwei Mündungen hat, zwischen welche ein Theil der Insel seitwärts anfält. _Groskurd._ [864] Book i. c. iii. § 4. [865] Herod. ii. 148; Diod. i. 66. See below, § 42. [866] The translator adopts Kramer’s suggestion, of reading εἰσβλέποντα for ἐκπίπτοντα. [867] The founder, according to Diodorus Siculus, was Mendes or Marrus. B. i. 61. [868] Bekneseh. [869] This fish, a species of sturgeon, received its name from the shape of the head (sharp-pointed), and was said to have been produced from the blood of the wounded Osiris. Ælian. Hist. Animal. x. 46. [870] Eshmoon. [871] Babout. [872] The ruins are supposed to be at the modern hamlet of Mensieh. [873] ὁλόλιθον, probably an interpolation. _Kramer._ [874] Il. i. 528. [875] Hu. [876] Dendera. [877] Keft. [878] The ruins are situated lat. 23° 56’ N., and about 35° 34’ E. [879] After σταθμοὺς, in the text, follows ὥσπερ τοὶς ἐμπορίοις ὁδεύμασι καὶ διὰ τῶν καμήλων, which Kramer considers to be an interpolation. Groskurd corrects, and reads σταθμοὺς προσφόρους τοῖς ἐμπόροις ὁδεύουσι καὶ πεζῇ καὶ διὰ τῶν καμήλων, “stations for the service of travellers on foot and on camels.”