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to mind the name of Osymandyas, (4) even more than that
ofg. h.
Before I decide whether the second or third Remeses
bore the name of Sesostris, I think it right to bring forward
some of the main arguments on both sides, in order that the
reader himself may decide, to whom the name of the great
conqueror belongs, whether it be Sesostris, Sesoosis or
Sethos, which last seems merely to have a slightly analo-
gous sound to recommend it.
1. The name i No. 2, being found on the Lycus (now
nahr el kelb) near Beirodt, in Syria.i>V
2. Being also in Nubia, which would seem to agree
with Herodotus's account, who says, that Sesostris was the
only Egyptian king, who reigned in Ethiopia; his infor-
mation on this point is however erroneous, as the names of
Thothmes and Amunoph occur in Nubia, and farther south-
ward, than that of the above cited king.
3. The extent of his victories, represented on the
buildings at Thebes. The account given by Tacitus that
Rhamses was the king, whose victories are the subjects of
the sculptures at Thebes, is too vague to be of any weight
(4) If Diodorus is correct, Osymandyas must have been a very early
king.
(5) Syria however was frequently invaded by the Egyptian princes, as
I have endeavored to show in my Materia Hieroglyphicn, Part II; and it is
this circumstance to which Pliny (c. 29) alludes, when he says " Ethiopia . . .
clara ct patens ttiam usque ad Trojana bclla.... el Syria imperitasse earn
. . . patet." This word ./Ethiopia is frequently used by ancient authors for
the Thcbaid, and though Pliny is here speaking of Ethiopia Proper, I am still
inclined to believe, he has, in this place, confounded the two.
to mind the name of Osymandyas, (4) even more than that
ofg. h.
Before I decide whether the second or third Remeses
bore the name of Sesostris, I think it right to bring forward
some of the main arguments on both sides, in order that the
reader himself may decide, to whom the name of the great
conqueror belongs, whether it be Sesostris, Sesoosis or
Sethos, which last seems merely to have a slightly analo-
gous sound to recommend it.
1. The name i No. 2, being found on the Lycus (now
nahr el kelb) near Beirodt, in Syria.i>V
2. Being also in Nubia, which would seem to agree
with Herodotus's account, who says, that Sesostris was the
only Egyptian king, who reigned in Ethiopia; his infor-
mation on this point is however erroneous, as the names of
Thothmes and Amunoph occur in Nubia, and farther south-
ward, than that of the above cited king.
3. The extent of his victories, represented on the
buildings at Thebes. The account given by Tacitus that
Rhamses was the king, whose victories are the subjects of
the sculptures at Thebes, is too vague to be of any weight
(4) If Diodorus is correct, Osymandyas must have been a very early
king.
(5) Syria however was frequently invaded by the Egyptian princes, as
I have endeavored to show in my Materia Hieroglyphicn, Part II; and it is
this circumstance to which Pliny (c. 29) alludes, when he says " Ethiopia . . .
clara ct patens ttiam usque ad Trojana bclla.... el Syria imperitasse earn
. . . patet." This word ./Ethiopia is frequently used by ancient authors for
the Thcbaid, and though Pliny is here speaking of Ethiopia Proper, I am still
inclined to believe, he has, in this place, confounded the two.