Diodorus Siculus says that Actisanes conquered Egypt in the reign of Amasis.
Hecataeus describes Aktisanes as an enemy of the Egyptian king Amasis.
Amasis Painter, ancient Greek vase painter of the black figure style
Lydos painted vases by a variety of potters, including Nikosthenes, Kolchos, Epitimos and Amasis.
It takes place in ancient Egypt during the reign of the pharaoh Amasis (alternatively translated in the book as Ahmose) in 528BC.
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Phanes of Halicarnassus, was a wise councilman serving Amasis, who would eventually help Cambyses II to conquer Egypt.
Herodotus recounts of one possible motive for Cambyses II to want to take on Egypt: According to Herodotus, Amasis II came to power by bloody means by defeating, and murdering his predecessor pharaoh Apries.
Later on, she was taken to Egypt during the reign of Pharaoh Amasis (570–536 BC), and freed there for a large sum by Charaxus of Mytilene, brother of Sappho, the lyric poet.