deserters
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Asmakh · Deserters
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1 expressionThe Deserters“Asmakh”1 mention
The Histories (Greek)
These once revolted and joined themselves to the Ethiopians, two hundred and forty thousand Egyptians of fighting age.
in the texts
The Histories
A body of two hundred forty thousand Egyptian frontier soldiers who, left unrelieved for three years, revolted and migrated to Ethiopia, earning the name 'those who stand on the left hand of the king.'
These once revolted and joined themselves to the Ethiopians, two hundred and forty thousand Egyptians of fighting age.
These Deserters are called Asmakh, which translates, in Greek, as “those who stand on the left hand of the king”.
so, organizing and making common cause, they revolted from Psammetichus and went to Ethiopia.
Cyropaedia
Enemy deserters who provide intelligence about the Assyrian king’s preparations.
And Cyrus, as a matter of course, asked the deserters what was going on among the enemy;