§1.67.1τῆς δʼ ὅλης βασιλείας κυριεύσας ὁ Ψαμμήτιχος τῷ μὲν ἐν Μέμφει θεῷ τὸ πρὸς ἕω προπύλαιον κατεσκεύασε καὶ τῷ ναῷ τὸν περίβολον, κολοττοὺς ὑποστήσας ἀντὶ τῶν κιόνων δωδεκαπήχεις·
Having secured sole rule over the entire kingdom, Psammetichus constructed for the god in Memphis the eastern gateway and for the temple its enclosure wall, erecting colossal statues of twelve cubits in place of columns as supports.
τοῖς δὲ μισθοφόροις χωρὶς τῶν ὡμολογημένων συντάξεων δωρεάς τε ἀξιολόγους ἀπένειμε καὶ τὰ καλούμενα στρατόπεδα τόπον οἰκεῖν ἔδωκε καὶ χώραν πολλὴν κατεκληρούχησε μικρὸν ἐπάνω τοῦ Πηλουσιακοῦ στόματος·
And to the mercenaries, besides the agreed pay, he distributed valuable gifts, and gave them the place called 'The Camps' to inhabit, allotting them much land a little above the Pelusian mouth.
οὓς ἐντεῦθεν Ἄμασις ὕστερον πολλοῖς ἔτεσι βασιλεύσας ἀνέστησε καὶ κατῴκισεν εἰς Μέμφιν.
Many years later, Amasis, who became king, removed them from there and settled them in Memphis.
§1.67.2διὰ δὲ τῶν μισθοφόρων κατωρθωκὼς τὴν βασιλείαν ὁ Ψαμμήτιχος τούτοις τὸ λοιπὸν μάλιστʼ ἐνεπίστευε τὰ κατὰ τὴν ἀρχὴν καὶ διετέλεσε ξενοτροφῶν μεγάλας δυνάμεις.
Having established his kingdom by means of the mercenaries, Psammetichus henceforth trusted them most of all in the affairs of the government, and continued to maintain large forces of foreign soldiers.
§1.67.3στρατεύσαντος δʼ εἰς τὴν Συρίαν αὐτοῦ καὶ κατὰ τὰς παρατάξεις τοὺς μὲν μισθοφόρους προτιμῶντος καὶ τάττοντος εἰς τὰ δεξιὰ μέρη, τοὺς δʼ ἐγχωρίους ἀτιμότερον ἄγοντος καὶ τὸν εὐώνυμον τόπον ἀπονέμοντος τῆς φάλαγγος, οἱ μὲν Αἰγύπτιοι διὰ τὴν ὕβριν παροξυνθέντες καὶ γενόμενοι τὸ πλῆθος πλείους τῶν εἴκοσι μυριάδων ἀπέστησαν καὶ προῆγον ἐπʼ Αἰθιοπίας, κεκρικότες ἰδίαν χώραν ἑαυτοῖς κατακτᾶσθαι·
When he made an expedition into Syria, and in the battle-arrays favored the mercenaries by stationing them on the right wing, while treating the native troops with less respect and assigning them the left wing of the phalanx, the Egyptians, provoked by this insult and numbering more than two hundred thousand men, revolted and advanced toward Ethiopia, having resolved to conquer a country for themselves to inhabit.
§1.67.4ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἔπεμψέ τινας τῶν ἡγεμόνων τοὺς ἀπολογησομένους ὑπὲρ τῆς ἀτιμίας, ὡς δʼ οὐ προσεῖχον αὐτοῖς, αὐτὸς μετὰ τῶν φίλων ἐδίωξε πλοίοις.
The king at first sent some of his officers to apologize for the insult, but when they paid no attention to them, he himself with his friends pursued them by boats.
§1.67.5προαγόντων δʼ αὐτῶν παρὰ τὸν Νεῖλον καὶ τοὺς ὅρους ὑπερβαλλόντων τῆς Αἰγύπτου, ἐδεῖτο μετανοῆσαι καὶ τῶν τε ἱερῶν καὶ τῶν πατρίδων, ἔτι δὲ καὶ γυναικῶν καὶ τέκνων ὑπεμίμνησκεν.
As they advanced along the Nile and were crossing the boundaries of Egypt, he begged them to change their minds, and reminded them of their temples, their homelands, and furthermore, their wives and children.
§1.67.6οἱ δʼ ἅμα πάντες ἀναβοήσαντες καὶ τοῖς κοντοῖς τὰς ἀσπίδας πατάξαντες ἔφασαν, ἕως ἂν κυριεύωσι τῶν ὅπλων, ῥᾳδίως εὑρήσειν πατρίδας· ἀναστειλάμενοι δὲ τοὺς χιτῶνας καὶ τὰ γεννητικὰ μέρη τοῦ σώματος δείξαντες οὔτε γυναικῶν οὔτε τέκνων ἀπορήσειν ἔφασαν ταῦτʼ ἔχοντες.
But they all shouted out together and, striking their shields with their spears, said that as long as they remained in possession of their weapons they would easily find homelands; and tucking up their tunics and showing the private parts of their bodies, they declared that having these they would lack neither wives nor children.
§1.67.7τοιαύτῃ δὲ μεγαλοψυχίᾳ χρησάμενοι καὶ καταφρονήσαντες τῶν παρὰ τοῖς ἄλλοις μεγίστων εἶναι δοκούντων, κατελάβοντο μὲν τῆς Αἰθιοπίας τὴν κρατίστην, κατακληρουχήσαντες δὲ πολλὴν χώραν ἐν ταύτῃ κατῴκησαν.
Having displayed such high-mindedness and despised what seemed to others to be of the greatest importance, they occupied the best part of Ethiopia, and having allotted much land there, they settled down.
§1.67.8ὁ δὲ Ψαμμήτιχος ἐπὶ μὲν τούτοις οὐ μετρίως ἐλυπήθη, τὰ δὲ κατὰ τὴν Αἴγυπτον διατάξας καὶ τῶν προσόδων ἐπιμελόμενος πρός τε Ἀθηναίους καί τινας τῶν ἄλλων Ἑλλήνων συμμαχίαν ἐποιήσατο.
Psammetichus was no little grieved at this; but having settled the affairs of Egypt and taking care of the revenues, he made an alliance with the Athenians and some of the other Greeks.
§1.67.9εὐηργέτει δὲ καὶ τῶν ξένων τοὺς ἐθελοντὴν εἰς τὴν Αἴγυπτον ἀποδημοῦντας, καὶ φιλέλλην ὢν διαφερόντως τοὺς υἱοὺς τὴν Ἑλληνικὴν ἐδίδαξε παιδείαν· καθόλου δὲ πρῶτος τῶν κατʼ Αἴγυπτον βασιλέων ἀνέῳξε τοῖς ἄλλοις ἔθνεσι τὰ κατὰ τὴν ἄλλην χώραν ἐμπόρια καὶ πολλὴν ἀσφάλειαν τοῖς καταπλέουσι ξένοις παρείχετο.
He also treated kindly those foreigners who voluntarily traveled to Egypt, and being exceptionally fond of the Greeks, he had his sons taught Greek education; in general, he was the first of the Egyptian kings to open to other nations the trading ports throughout the country, and he offered great safety to the foreigners who sailed in.
§1.67.10οἱ μὲν γὰρ πρὸ τούτου δυναστεύσαντες ἄβατον ἐποίουν τοῖς ξένοις τὴν Αἴγυπτον, τοὺς μὲν φονεύοντες, τοὺς δὲ καταδουλούμενοι τῶν καταπλεόντων.
For those who had ruled before him had made Egypt inaccessible to foreigners, either killing or enslaving those who sailed in.
§1.67.11καὶ γὰρ ἡ περὶ τὸν Βούσιριν ἀσέβεια διὰ τὴν τῶν ἐγχωρίων ἀξενίαν διεβοήθη παρὰ τοῖς Ἕλλησιν, οὐκ οὖσα μὲν πρὸς ἀλήθειαν, διὰ δὲ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς ἀνομίας εἰς μύθου πλάσμα καταχωρισθεῖσα.
Indeed, the story of the impiety of Busiris was widely rumored among the Greeks because of the unfriendliness of the natives toward strangers, a story which was not true in fact, but was relegated to a mythical fiction on account of the excess of lawlessness.