# Fragmenta 27

Joannes Antiochenus, Fragmenta, Dfhg-Source dfhg4_JOANNES_ANTIOCHENUS. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-antiochenus/fragmenta/27

Ὅτι Καμβύσης ὁ Περσῶν βασιλεὺς καθεῖλε τὰς Αἰγυπτίας Θήβας, καὶ ταύτας εἰς ἔδαφος κατέσκαψεν· Ἄμασίς τε ὁ τῶν Αἰγυπτίων βασιλεὺς ἅμα τῷ βίῳ καὶ τὴν βασιλείαν κατέστρεψεν, τοῦ ἔθνους τῶν Αἰγυπτίων τελεῖν ὑπὸ Πέρσας ὁμολογήσαντος. Ἐπὶ δὲ τὴν ἐνδοτέραν ἐλαύνειν προθυμούμενος, ὑπὸ τῆς εἱμαρμένης ἐκωλύθη, δολοφονηθεὶς ὑπὸ τῶν περὶ αὐτὸν μάγων, βασιλεύσας ἔτη ηʹ. Οὗτοι γὰρ μετὰ τὸν Καμβύσου θάνατον τῇ ἀρχῇ προσπηδήσαντες, μῆνας ζʹ κατετρύφησαν, ἄχρις οἱ τῶν Περσῶν ἄρχοντες αὐτοὺς μὲν ἐπὶ τῆς αὐλῆς κατεχρήσαντο, τῆς δὲ βασιλείας προστάτην ἀπέδειξαν Δαρεῖον.

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JOANNES ANTIOCHENUS, Fragmenta. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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