[Note] that Psammetichus, the king of [the] Egyptians,[1] besieged the city of Azotus[2] until he captured it. This Azotus withstood a siege for the longest time[3] of all cities of which we are [= I am] aware.[4]
*yammh/tixos: o(/ti *yammh/tixos, o( basileu\s *ai)gupti/wn, *)/azwton po/lin e)polio/rkhsen, e)s o(\ e)cei=len. au(/th de\ h( *)/azwtos a(pase/wn poli/wn e)piplei=ston xro/non poliorkoume/nh a)nte/sxe, tw=n h(mei=s i)/dmen.
[1] On
Herodotus' dating, Psammetichus was king of Egypt circa 670-616 BC.
[2] That is, Ashdod in the Gaza Strip.
[3] Adler's text here gives
epipleiston ('for the longest') as one word: it should be written as two words (
epi pleiston), as in the source (on which see the next note).
[4] The source of this entry is
Herodotus 2.157, which is copied word for word (except for atticization of some spelling) from 'until he captured ...' onwards.
Herodotus' chapter begins: 'Psammetichus was king of Egypt fifty-four years, for thirty-less-one of which he was carrying on a siege of Azotus of
Syria, a great city, until ...'. (etc.).
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