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A great battle was fought at Papremis, in the Delta, wherein the Persians were completely defeated, and their leader, Achæmenes, perished by the hand of Inarus himself.
Ancient Egypt George Rawlinson 1857
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Inarus, the Libyan monarch, became a fugitive, but was betrayed by some of his followers, surrendered, and crucified.
Ancient Egypt George Rawlinson 1857
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Inarus was betrayed by some of his own men, and, being carried prisoner to Persia, suffered death by crucifixion.
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Inarus and Amyrtæus implored the assistance of Athens, which had the most powerful navy of the time, and could lend most important aid by taking possession of the river.
Ancient Egypt George Rawlinson 1857
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Darius, admits perhaps of excuse, owing to his extreme youth; but his surrender of Inarus to Amestris on account of her importunity, his readiness to condone the revolt of Megabyzus, and his subjection throughout almost the whole of his life to the evil influence of Amytis, his sister, and Amestris, his mother -- both persons of ill-regulated lives -- are indications of weakness and folly quite unpardonable in
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Inarus, a king of the wild African tribes who bordered the Nile valley on the west, but himself perhaps a descendant of the old monarchs of Egypt, led the insurrection, and, in conjunction with an Egyptian, named Amyrtseus, attacked the Persian troops stationed in the country, who were commanded by Achaemenes, the satrap.
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A battle was fought near Papremis in the Delta, wherein the Persians were defeated, and Achaemenes fell by the hand of Inarus himself.
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Inarus had asked the aid of Athens; and an Athenian fleet of 200 sail was sent to his assistance.
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Megabyzus, the satrap of that important province, offended at the execution of Inarus, in violation of the promise which he had himself made to him, raised a revolt against his sovereign, defeated repeatedly the armies sent to reduce him to obedience, and finally treated with Artaxerxes as to the terms on which he would consent to be reconciled.
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He saw the battle-field on which Inarus had just been defeated -- the ground strewn with the skulls and other bones of the slain; he made his longest stay at Memphis, then at the acme of its greatness; he visited the quarries on the east of the Nile whence the stone had been dug for the pyramids, and he gazed upon the great monuments themselves, on the opposite side of the stream.
Ancient Egypt George Rawlinson 1857
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