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  • Accordingly to Herodotus [56] Amasis was prevented enjoying his wife Ladice by a sorcery of this description, nor was it till after the Queen had vowed a statue to Venus, "_si secum coiret Amasis_," that the king's wishes and her own were gratified.

    Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction John Davenport 1833

  • Amasis is the king and Polycrates the confederate.

    Letters from Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple (1652-54) 1888

  • Some potters, such as Amasis and Euphronius, painted as well as made vases.

    Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life

  • Children and children's children will speak of Amasis as a great, wise and humane king; they will read my name on the great works which I have built in Sais and Thebes, and will praise the greatness of my power.

    An Egyptian Princess — Volume 09 Georg Ebers 1867

  • Children and children's children will speak of Amasis as a great, wise and humane king; they will read my name on the great works which I have built in Sais and Thebes, and will praise the greatness of my power.

    An Egyptian Princess — Volume 09 Georg Ebers 1867

  • Children and children's children will speak of Amasis as

    An Egyptian Princess — Complete Georg Ebers 1867

  • Children and children's children will speak of Amasis as a great, wise and humane king; they will read my name on the great works which I have built in Sais and Thebes, and will praise the greatness of my power.

    An Egyptian Princess — Volume 09 Georg Ebers 1867

  • Children and children's children will speak of Amasis as a great, wise and humane king; they will read my name on the great works which I have built in Sais and Thebes, and will praise the greatness of my power.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867

  • Since Rameses II (ruled 67 years, 13 century BC) there were others including Amasis (44 years, 570-526 BC), Ptolemy I (40 years, 323-283 BC), and Muhammad Ali, first Khedive of Egypt (43 years, 1805-1848 AD).

    Corrections and clarifications 2011

  • Amasis compelled every man once a year to tell how he lived.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

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