Syncellus. p. 59, 60
[879] Diodorus Sic. above. He was near losing his whole army.
[880] Την δε χωραν ὁπλοις κατεστρεψατο τοις ἑαυτου Βασιλευς Βασιλεων, και Δεσποτης Δεσποτων Σεσοωσις. Diodor. Sicul. ibid.
[881] He passed through all Ethiopia to the Cinnamon country. Strabo. l. 17. p. 1138. This must be Indica Ethiopia, and the island Seran-Dive. Hence came Cinnamon: here were στηλαι και επιγραφαι.
Venit ad occasum, mundique extrema Sesostris. Lucan. l. 10. v. 276
[882] Σεσωστρις ετη μη, ὁς ἁπασαν εχειρωσατο την Ασιαν εν ενιαυτοις εννεα. Syncellus. p. 59.
Some make him advance farther, and conquer all Europe: ὁμοιως ὑπεταξε και την Ασιαν πασαν, και ΤΗΝ ΕΥΡΟΠΗΝ, και την Σκυθιαν, και την Μυσιαν. Chron. Pasch. p. 47. Herodotus thinks he did not proceed farther than Thrace. l. 2. c. 103.
[883] Diodorus Sicul. l. 1. p. 49.
[884] Of all the great actions of Sesostris, see Marsham. Can. Chron. sec. 14. p. 354.
[885] Περι δε τουτων το μεν αληθες εκθεσθαι μετ' ακριβειας ου ῥαδιον. Diodorus Sicul. L. 1. p. 52.