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NAUCRATIS. 61
98. Torso of female figure treated like No. 96, but holding
the fold of drapery with the left hand.—Xanthos.
Marble; height, 3 feet 10J inches. Prachov, pi. 2, fig. 4.
SCULPTURES FROM NAUCRATIS.
The remains here described were obtained for the most
part from the site of the temple of Apollo at Naucratis,
in the Nile Delta. The site of Naucratis was discovered
by Mr. W. M. Flinders Petrie, and the remains of the
temple were found in the course of excavations which he
carried on, in 1884-5. A few sculptures also were found
by Mr. E. A. Gardner in the excavations of 1885-6. The
whole of the collections from Naucratis in the British
Museum were presented by the Egypt Exploration Fund,
which conducted the excavations.
Naucratis was a colony of Greeks, settled in Egypt for
purposes of trade. It is situated to the west of the most
westerly or Canopic mouth of the Nile, and is nearly
midway between Cairo and Alexandria. The date of the
foundation of Naucratis has been a subject of controversy.
It is known that the colony owed much to Amasis, King
of Egypt (564-526 B.C.). According to the statement of
Herodotus (ii. 178), Amasis showed his friendship to the
Greeks by giving, to those who came to Egypt, the city of
Naucratis to live in (&l\e\\t]v SI yevo^evos 6 "A/mcm aAAa
T€ e's 'HXXr/vtav jxere'^eTepovi d-n-eSet^aTo, kol St] kcu toIcti
a7nKvevjj,€v0l(tl es Aiyvirrov e'SaiKC NauKpani' ttoXlv ivoLKrjcraL,
k. t. A.). The question has been discussed whether the
words of Herodotus prove that Amasis was the first to
allow the Greeks to live at Naucratis, or whether the
account of Strabo (xvii., 1, 18) can be accepted, according
to which Naucratis was already occupied by Greeks,
especially by Greeks of Miletus. If Amasis introduced
98. Torso of female figure treated like No. 96, but holding
the fold of drapery with the left hand.—Xanthos.
Marble; height, 3 feet 10J inches. Prachov, pi. 2, fig. 4.
SCULPTURES FROM NAUCRATIS.
The remains here described were obtained for the most
part from the site of the temple of Apollo at Naucratis,
in the Nile Delta. The site of Naucratis was discovered
by Mr. W. M. Flinders Petrie, and the remains of the
temple were found in the course of excavations which he
carried on, in 1884-5. A few sculptures also were found
by Mr. E. A. Gardner in the excavations of 1885-6. The
whole of the collections from Naucratis in the British
Museum were presented by the Egypt Exploration Fund,
which conducted the excavations.
Naucratis was a colony of Greeks, settled in Egypt for
purposes of trade. It is situated to the west of the most
westerly or Canopic mouth of the Nile, and is nearly
midway between Cairo and Alexandria. The date of the
foundation of Naucratis has been a subject of controversy.
It is known that the colony owed much to Amasis, King
of Egypt (564-526 B.C.). According to the statement of
Herodotus (ii. 178), Amasis showed his friendship to the
Greeks by giving, to those who came to Egypt, the city of
Naucratis to live in (&l\e\\t]v SI yevo^evos 6 "A/mcm aAAa
T€ e's 'HXXr/vtav jxere'^eTepovi d-n-eSet^aTo, kol St] kcu toIcti
a7nKvevjj,€v0l(tl es Aiyvirrov e'SaiKC NauKpani' ttoXlv ivoLKrjcraL,
k. t. A.). The question has been discussed whether the
words of Herodotus prove that Amasis was the first to
allow the Greeks to live at Naucratis, or whether the
account of Strabo (xvii., 1, 18) can be accepted, according
to which Naucratis was already occupied by Greeks,
especially by Greeks of Miletus. If Amasis introduced