See also:

• PSAMMETICHUS (Egypt. Psammetk)

PSAMMETICHUS (See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt. Psammetk)  , the name of three See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings of the Saite, XXVIth See also:

• DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

Dynasty, called by See also:

• HERODOTUS (c. 484-425 B.C.)

Herodotus respectively See also:

• PSAMMETICHUS (Egypt. Psammetk)

Psammetichus, Psammis and Psammenitus . The first of these is generally considered to be the founder of the dynasty; See also:

• MANETHO (Mav40cov in an inscription of Carthage; MaveBees in a papyrus)

Manetho, however, carries it back through three or four predecessors who ruled at See also:

• SAIS (Egyptian Sai)

Sais as See also:

• PETTY, SIR WILLIAM (1623-1687)

petty kings under the XXVth, Ethiopian, Dynasty . The name is frankly written so as to mean " the See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of methek," i.e . " mixed drink," whether as a tippler or as a vendor of strong drink . The See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian See also:

• SCRIBES

scribes do not conceal the opprobrious elements, but it has been suggested that the name may be due to false See also:

• ETYMOLOGY (Gr. grvµos, true, and X6yos, "account)

etymology of a See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign name (though all the names throughout the dynasty appear to be Egyptian), or that Methek may have been an unknown deity . The See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story in Herodotus of the Dodecarchy and the rise of Psammetichus is fanciful . It is known from See also:

• CUNEIFORM (from Lat. cuneus, a wedge)

cuneiform texts that twenty See also:

• LOCAL

local princelings were appointed by Esarhaddon and confirmed by See also:

• ASSUR
• ASSUR (Auth. Vera. Asshur)

Assur-bani-See also:

• PAL, KRISTO DAS (1839–1884)

pal to govern See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt . Niku (Necho), See also:

• FATHER

father of Psammetichus, was the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of these kinglets, but they seem to have been quite unable to hold the Egyptians to the hated Assyrians against the more sympathetic Ethiopian . The See also:

• LABYRINTH (Gr. Xa(3vpcvOos, Lat. labyrinthus)

labyrinth built by a See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of the XIIth Dynasty is ascribed by Herodotus to the Dodecarchy, or See also:

• RULE

rule of 12, which must represent this See also:

• COMBINATION (Lat. combinare, to combine)

combination of rulers . If the dynasties were numbered thus before Manetho, the See also:

• NUMERAL (from Lat. numerus, a number)

numeral may be the cause of Herodotus's confusion . After his father's See also:

• DEATH

death Psammetichus I . (664-610 B.C.) was able to defy the Assyrians and the Ethiopians, and during a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long reign marked by intimate relations with the Greeks restored the prosperity of Egypt .

The See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short reign of the second Psammetichus (594-589 B.C.) is noteworthy for the graffiti of his See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek, Phoenician and Carian mercenaries at See also:

• ABU

Abu Simbel (q.v.) . The third of the name was the unfortunate See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince whose reign terminated after six months in the See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest of Egypt (525 B.C.) . It has been conjectured that the See also:

• FAMILY

family of the Psammetichi was of Libyan origin; on the other See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, some would recognize See also:

• NEGRO (from Lat. eager, black)

negro features in a portrait of Psammetichus I., which might connect him with the Ethiopian rulers . See above, EGYPT: See also:

• HISTORY

History; on the name, F . Ll . See also:

• GRIFFITH, SIR RICHARD JOHN (1784-1878)

Griffith, See also:

• CATALOGUE (a Fr. adaptation of the Gr. KaraXoyos, a register, from Karalyety, to enrol or pick out)

Catalogue of the See also:

• RYLANDS, JOHN (18o1-1888)

Rylands See also:

• DEMOTIC (Gr. Srlµorucos, of or belonging to the people)

demotic papyri; the portrait, H . Schafer in Zeitschrift See also:

• FAIR

fair aegyptische Sprache, xxxiii . 116 . (F . LL .