« Hdt. 2.179 | Hdt. 2.180 | Hdt. 2.181 | About This Work »
180Moreover when the Amphictyons had let out the contract for building the temple which now exists at Delphi, agreeing to pay a sum of three hundred talents, (for the temple which formerly stood there had been burnt down of itself), it fell to the share of the people of Delphi to provide the fourth part of the payment; and accordingly the Delphians went about to various cities and collected contributions. And when they did this they got from Egypt as much as from any place, for Amasis gave them a thousand talents' weight of alum, while the Hellenes who dwelt in Egypt gave them twenty pounds of silver.[153]
« Hdt. 2.179 | Hdt. 2.180 | Hdt. 2.181 | About This Work »
Notes
[153] Or possibly of alum: but the gift seems a very small one in any case. Some propose to read {eikosi mneas khrusou}.