§3.10.1ἐν δὲ τῷ Πηλουσίῳ καλεομένῳ στόματι τοῦ Νείλου ἐστρατοπεδεύετο Ψαμμήνιτος ὁ Ἀμάσιος παῖς ὑπομένων Καμβύσεα.
At the so-called Pelusian mouth of the Nile, Psammenitus, the son of Amasis, was encamped, awaiting Cambyses.
§3.10.2Ἄμασιν γὰρ οὐ κατέλαβε ζῶντα Καμβύσης ἐλάσας ἐπʼ Αἴγυπτον, ἀλλὰ βασιλεύσας ὁ Ἄμασις τέσσερα καὶ τεσσεράκοντα ἔτεα ἀπέθανε, ἐν τοῖσι οὐδέν οἱ μέγα ἀνάρσιον πρῆγμα συνηνείχθη·
For Cambyses did not find Amasis alive when he marched against Egypt; rather, having ruled for forty-four years, Amasis died, during which years no great misfortune befell him.
ἀποθανὼν δὲ καὶ ταριχευθεὶς ἐτάφη ἐν τῇσι ταφῇσι ἐν τῷ ἱρῷ, τὰς αὐτὸς οἰκοδομήσατο.
After he died and was embalmed, he was buried in the tombs in the temple which he himself had built.
§3.10.3ἐπὶ Ψαμμηνίτου δὲ τοῦ Ἀμάσιος βασιλεύοντος Αἰγύπτου φάσμα Αἰγυπτίοισι μέγιστον δὴ ἐγένετο· ὕσθησαν γὰρ Θῆβαι αἱ Αἰγύπτιαι, οὔτε πρότερον οὐδαμὰ ὑσθεῖσαι οὔτε ὕστερον τὸ μέχρι ἐμεῦ, ὡς λέγουσι αὐτοὶ Θηβαῖοι·
Under the reign of Psammenitus, the son of Amasis, over Egypt, a most extraordinary portent occurred for the Egyptians: for it rained at Egyptian Thebes, which had never been rained upon before, nor has been since down to my own time, as the Thebans themselves say.
οὐ γὰρ δὴ ὕεται τὰ ἄνω τῆς Αἰγύπτου τὸ παράπαν· ἀλλὰ καὶ τότε ὕσθησαν αἱ Θῆβαι ψακάδι.
For indeed, Upper Egypt is not rained upon at all, but even then, Thebes was rained upon with a drizzle.