[174] A mixture of myrrh, frankincense, and other aromatic materials.
[175] Elton, translator.
[176] A drink of vinegar and water very common among the soldiers.
[177] Elton, translator.
[178] Midnight.
[179] The military oath of obedience.
[180] Macedonian it is needless to say was a mere name. The Græco-Egyptian soldiery and citizen body of Alexandria probably had hardly a drop of Macedonian blood in their veins.
[181] As, for instance, the repeated wedlock of brothers and sisters among the Ptolemies.
[182] Commanders of the body-guard.
[183] "Black" because of the black fertile mud deposited by the inundation.