The histories of Herodotus;

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other favours on various of the Greeks, and moreover gave
the city of Naucratis for such as arrived in Egypt to dwell in
and to such as did not wish to settle there, but only to trade
by sea, he granted places where they might erect altars and
temples to the gods. Now, the most spacious of these sacred
buildings, which is also the most renowned and frequented,
called the Hellenium, was erected at the common charge of
the following cities : Of the Ionians, Chios, Teos, Phocaea, and
Clazomenae; of the Dorians, Rhodes, Cnidus, Halicarnassus,
Phaselis ; and of the ^olians, Mitylene alone. So that this
temple belongs to them, and these cities appoint officers to
preside over the mart : and whatever other cities claim a share
in it, claim what does not belong to them. Besides this, the
people of ^gina built a temple to Jupiter for themselves ; and
the Samians another to Juno, and the Milesians one to Apollo.
Naucratis was anciently the only place of resort for merchants,
and there was no other in Egypt: and if a man arrived at
any other mouth of the Nile, he was obliged to swear that
he had come there against his will ; and having taken such
an oath, he must sail in the same ship to the Canopic mouth
but if he should be prevented by contrary winds from doing
so, he was forced to unload his goods, and carry them in
barges round the Delta until he reached Naucratis. So great
were the privileges of Naucratis. When the Amphyctions
contracted to build the temple that now stands at Delphi for
three hundred talents (for the temple that was formerly there
had been burned by accident, and it fell upon the Delphians to
supply a fourth part of the sum), the Delphians went about
from city to city and solicited contributions ; and doing this
they brought home no small amount from Egypt. For Amasis
gave them a thousand talents of alum, and the Grecians who
were settled in Egypt twenty minae.
Amasis also contracted a friendship and an alliance with
and resolved to take a wife from that coun-
the Cyrenaeans ;
try, either out of a desire of having a Grecian woman, or from
some peculiar affection to the Cyrenaeans. He therefore married,
as some say, the daughter of Battus; others, of Arcesilaus;
though others, of Critobulus, a person of distinction
among the citizens ; her name was Ladice. Whenever Amasis
lay with her he was unable to have connection with her,
which was not the case with respect to other women : upon
the continuance of this for a long time, Amasis said to this
woman, who was called Ladice : O
woman, you have used
charms against me, and no contrivance can prevent your perishing
by the most cruel death of all women." But Ladice,
;