Note 489 — Chapter IV · Egypt

πάντων φιλοχρηματώτατον (Diod. I. 94), a trait quite reconcilable with the statement of Zenobius (II. 60), that he was remembered for his justice (cp. Suid. s.v. Βάκχυρις) and ingenuity (ἐπίνοια) as a judge. The statement of Aelian that Bocchoris was hated by his countrymen (H.A. XI. 11; cp. Plut. Vit. Pud. 3, φύσει χαλεπός) proves only that he, like Solon and Cypselus, excited different feelings in different quarters: nobody would now follow Wiedemann (Aeg. Ges. p. 579) and quote it against reports favourable to him, as a proof that neither are of any use for serious history.