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The Anabasis of Alexander

Note 727 — Chapter I

E. J. (Edward James) Chinnock translation

See Arrian, v. 6 supra. The native name of Egypt was Chem (black). Compare Vergil (Georgic. iv. 291):—Viridem Aegyptum nigrâ fecundat arenâ. Usque coloratis amnis devexus ab Indis.

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