Did The Kings Of Sparta Commission Texts To Be Written Down By Scribes?
70It is evident however that they have sung this song from immemorial time, and in the Egyptian tongue Linos is named Maneros. The Egyptians told me that he was the only son of him who first became king of Egypt, and that he died before his time and was honoured with these lamentations by the Egyptians, and that this was their initial and only song. Apart from this, how is…Read More