Ῥέμφις

Remphis

Translated by David Whitehead4 Dec 2002Vetting: high5 revisions

3 words

A proper name.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ῥέμφις· ὄνομα κύριον.

Betacode

*(re/mfis: o)/noma ku/rion.

Of a king of Egypt: Diodorus Siculus 1.62.5-6 (following Hecataeus of Abdera: FGrH 264 F25). Herodotus 2.121 calls him Rhampsinitos. Both are versions of Ram(e)ses (III).

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