Note 248 — XLIII (A II, 17)
Evelyn S. (Evelyn Shirley) Shuckburgh translation
Another nickname of Pompey, from the title of the head of the Thebais in Egypt. Like Sampsiceramus and the others, it is meant as a scornful allusion to Pompey's achievements in the East, and perhaps his known wish to have the direction of affairs in Egypt.