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Actisanes (Gr. Ακτισάνης) was a legendary king of Aethiopia who conquered Egypt.[1] He founded the city of Rhinocolura on the confines of Egypt and Syria, and was succeeded by Mendes, an Egyptian. Diodorus Siculus says that Actisanes conquered Egypt in the reign of Amasis. Some scholars had read this as Amasis II. However, Amasis II, being a contemporary of Cyrus the Great, cannot be meant, which resulted in an alternate reading of "Ammosis".[2][3]
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References
- ^ Smith, William (1867), "Actisanes", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston, MA, pp. 16–17, archived from the original on 2008-05-27, retrieved 2007-10-12
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Actisanes". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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