[414]. Or “college of priests.”
[415]. Or, perhaps, “from the archives” (ἀρχείων).
[416]. Unlike the Greeks.
[417]. Lit. “tens of thousands.”
[418]. Eusebius reads, “which are justly believed to be divine.”
[419]. See on this and the following paragraph [Appendix, Note VII].
[420]. The earlier editions insert ἀρχῆς (“till the reign of ...”), not found in Niese’s MS. Perhaps we should read simply “until Artaxerxes” (μέχρις for μέχρι τῆς).
[421]. In Jos. Artaxerxes = Ahasuerus of the Book of Esther (Ant. XI. 6. 1 (184)); Xerxes = Artaxerxes of Ezra-Nehemiah.
[422]. Gr. (as quoted by Eusebius) “approach.” The MSS of Jos. read “we have trusted.”
[423]. Or “doctrines.”