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The Egyptians, however, claim Cambyses as belonging to them,
declaring that he was the son of this Nitetis. It was Cyrus, they
say, and not Cambyses, who sent to Amasis for his daughter. But
here they mis-state the truth. Acquainted as they are beyond all
other men with the laws and customs of the Persians, they cannot but
be well aware, first, that it is not the Persian wont to allow a
bastard to reign when there is a legitimate heir; and next, that
Cambyses was the son of Cassandane, the daughter of Pharnaspes, an
Achaemenian, and not of this Egyptian. But the fact is that they
pervert history in order to claim relationship with the house of
Cyrus. Such is the truth of this matter.
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