Histories

so she spent one tenth of her substance on the manufacture of a great number of iron beef spits, as many as the tenth would pay for, and sent them to Delphi [22.5167,38.4917] (Perseus) Delphi; these lie in a heap to this day, behind the altar set up by the Chians and in front of the shrine itself.

The courtesans of Kawm Juayf [30.583,30.9] (inhabited place), Al Buhayrah, Lower Egypt, Egypt, AfricaNaucratis seem to be peculiarly alluring, for the woman of whom this story is told became so famous that every Greek knew the name of Rhodopis, and later on a certain Archidice was the theme of song throughout Greece [22,39] (nation), EuropeGreece, although less celebrated than the other.

Kharaxus, after giving Rhodopis her freedom, returned to Mytilene [26.55,39.1] (Perseus) Mytilene. He is bitterly attacked by Sappho in one of her poems. This is enough about Rhodopis.

After Mycerinus, the priests said, Asukhis became king of Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt. He built the eastern outer court of Hephaestus' temple; this is by far the finest and grandest of all the courts, for while all have carved figures and innumerable felicities of architecture, this court has far more than any.