[1] Greek Anthology 6.231.1-2 (Philip), here misquoted to put "black-soiled" in the vocative; it should be "o guardian of black-soiled Egypt". On this epigram, a sailor's dedication and prayer to an unnamed Egyptian goddess, see Gow and Page (vol. I, 310-313); (vol. II, 344-345); and further excerpts from this epigram at alpha 4223, epsilon 1499, kappa 1222, kappa 1310, lambda 13, and psi 31. As Gow and Page note (vol. II, 344), the headword gestures at the legendary dark, fertile soil of the Nile's floodplains, and its delta in particular. On the identity of the Egyptian goddess, presumably Isis (ibid.), c.f. epsilon 1499 note.