[953] τῶν τὶς ναυτῶν. This position of τίς is an imitation of the usage in Ionic prose. Cf. Herod. i. 85; τῶν τὶς Περσέων. See Liddell and Scott, sub voce τίς. Cf. Arrian, ii. 26, 4; vi. 9, 3; vii. 3, 4; 22, 5; 24, 2.
[954] Cf. Arrian v. 13 supra.
[955] Cf. Arrian, iii. 6; iv. 18.
[956] The Macedonian stater was worth about £1 3s. 6d.
[957] Cf. Arrian (Tactics, 12, 11).
[958] Cf. Arrian, p. 379, note [853].
[959] We read in the speech of Demosthenes against Dionysiodorus (1285), that Cleomenes and his partisans enriched themselves by monopolizing the exportation of corn from Egypt. Cf. Arrian, iii. 5 supra.
[960] This island is mentioned by Homer (Odyssey, iv. 355). Alexander constructed a mole seven stades long from the coast to the island, thus forming the two harbours of Alexandria. See Strabo, xvii. 1. The island is chiefly famous for the lofty tower built upon it by Ptolemy Philadelphus, for a lighthouse. Cf. Cæsar (De Bello Civili, iii. 112); Ammianus, xxii. 16.
[961] Consult Lucian (Calumniae non temere credendum, 17).
[962] After Alexander’s death Cleomenes was executed by Ptolemy, who received Egypt as his share of the great king’s dominions.