[sect. 2]
*li/ndon. The real reason for this dedication was that the usual
trade-route from the Aegean to Egypt was by Rhodes (cf. c. 178;
Thuc. viii. 35. 2) and Cyprus. Phaselis (178. 2) was important on this
route.
*ku/pron. H. knew nothing of the conquest by Sargon, 709 B. C.
(5. 104 n.); Amasis was the first Egyptian to conquer Cyprus.
[p. 256]
As H. introduces his long digression on Egypt with a reference to
the conquest of the Greeks (c. 1. 2), so he skilfully concludes with a
similar reference.
