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Plato, Timaeus, Page 21e: Saïs in the Delta
The tale starts in Egypt, in the Delta, in the district of Saïs. Its city goddess is called Neith by the Egyptians and, they say, Athena by the Greeks, and the people of Saïs are friendly to Athens. Solon travelled there and was greatly honoured.
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ἔστινéstinthere isτιςtisa certainκατʼkatʼinΑἴγυπτονAígyptonEgypt,ἦêsaidδʼdʼ—ὅςhóshe,ἐνeninτῷtôitheΔέλταDéltaDelta,Read on word by word in the reader ›
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