Note 485 — Chapter IV · Egypt

Their significance is well put by Griffith, Dem. Pap. Rylands, III. pp. 9–10; cp. Moret, de Bocchori, pp. 76 f. quoting Revillout, Précis droit égy. pp. 190 f. The Diodorus passages are from I. 94 and I. 79; cp. also Plut. Demetr. 27 and Clem. Alex. Strom. IV. 18, Bocchoris as clever judge in a claim for payment; Iambl. (Didot, Erot. Scrip. p. 517) on Bocchoris’ skill in assessment of values (cup, nosegay, kiss). Moret is scarcely right in saying (de Bocch. p. 55) that every kind of story is told to illustrate the wisdom of Bocchoris: cp. Revillout ap. Moret, p. 78, “Bocchoris avait voulu surtout faire un code commercial.” Diod. I. 94 places Bocchoris fourth among the reputed lawgivers of Egypt. No similar measures are attributed to any of the earlier three.