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said to have declared often that he would rather that Zopyros werefree from the injury than that he should have twenty Babylons added tohis possession in addition to that one which he had. Moreover he gavehim great honours; for not only did he give him every year thosethings which by the Persians are accounted the most honourable, butalso he granted him Babylon to rule free from tribute, so long as heshould live; and he added many other gifts. The son of this Zopyroswas Megabyzos, who was made commander in Egypt against the Atheniansand their allies; and the son of this Megabyzos was Zopyros, who wentover to Athens as a deserter from the Persians.----------NOTES TO BOOK III[1] See ii. 1.[2] {'Amasin}. This accusative must be taken with {eprexe}. SomeEditors adopt the conjecture {'Amasi}, to be taken with{memphomenos} as in ch. 4, "did this because he had a quarrel withAmasis."[3] See ii. 152, 154.[4] {Suron}: see ii. 104.[5] {keinon}: most MSS. and many editions have {keimenon}, "laid up."[6] {demarkhon}.[7] {exaireomenos}: explained by some "disembarked" or "unloaded."[8] Or "Orotal."[9] {dia de touton}.[10] {trion}: omitted by some good MSS.[11] See ii. 169.[12] {alla kai tote uathesan ai Thebai psakadi}.[13] The so-called {Leukon teikhon} on the south side of Memphis: cp.ch. 91.[14] {omoios kai} omitting {a}.