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ταῦτα μέν νυν κατὰ τὰ Ἕλληνες λέγουσι γεγενεηλόγηται: ὡς δὲ ὁ παρὰ Περσέων λόγος λέγεται, αὐτὸς ὁ Περσεὺς ἐὼν Ἀσσύριος ἐγένετο Ἕλλην, ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ οἱ Περσέος πρόγονοι: τοὺς δὲ Ἀκρισίου γε πατέρας ὁμολογέοντας κατ᾽ οἰκηιότητα Περσέι οὐδέν, τούτους δὲ εἶναι, κατά περ Ἕλληνες λέγουσι, Αἰγυπτίους.

Herodotus, with an English translation by A. D. Godley. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1920.

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