Note 466 — Chapter IV · Egypt

Mallet, Prem. Étab. p. 39. Polyaen. VII. 3 (= Aristagoras and Theban tradition, Gutschmid, Philol. 1855, p. 692) makes Psammetichus employ Carians because an oracle had warned his rival to beware of cocks and “the Carians were the first to put crests on their helmets.” Here too the armour is the main thing. The Egyptian warriors (μάχιμοι) were called Kalasiries and Hermotybies (Hdt. II. 164). According to Sayce, ad loc., Kalasiries = armed with leather; but cp. How and Wells, ad loc.