Amasis
historical figure · 2 works · 7 mentions · 27 anchored passages
Amasis king of Egypt · Amasis King of Egypt · Amasis the king of the Egyptians · the king
spoken of as
1 expressionAmasis of Egypt1 mention
The Histories (Greek)
This was the end of Polycrates ' string of successes [as Amasis king of Egypt had forewarned him].
in the texts
The Histories
Egyptian pharaoh visited by Solon before his visit to Croesus
So for that reason, and to see the world, Solon went to visit Amasis in
It was Amasis also who made the law that every Egyptian declare his means of livelihood to the ruler of his district annually, and that omitting to do so or to prove that one had a legitimate livelihood be punishable with death.
But when in spite of this Patarbemis insisted that Amasis obey the king's summons and go to him, Amasis answered that he had long been preparing to do just that, and Apries would find him above reproach, for he would present himself, and bring others.
Orations
King of Egypt who reportedly substituted another corpse for his own to escape posthumous desecration by Cambyses.
For the Egyptians say that Amasis, long suspecting the harshness of Cambyses, hid his own corpse and substituted another in its stead, and that this was the one that fell into Cambyses' hands.
But, O Egyptians and Cambyses, whether it was someone else who suffered these things or Amasis himself, it was a figure bloodless, fleshless, soulless.