Hello, this is Bertie. Welcome to StoryNori and I'm here with an edition from my series based on the histories of Herodotus.

In the previous few episodes, I talked a lot about ancient Egypt. It's a subject that interests me a lot.

I'm writing a novel about Lapis the cat set in ancient Egypt, which I hope you'll enjoy when I've

finally finished it. But that's fiction, and today we're talking about history. Does that mean it's

all true? Well, not necessarily. Perhaps it isn't all true. You should listen to what Herodotus said about the

information he gathered and decide for yourself, does it have the ring of truth or not?

We're staying with Egypt for one last episode. I'm going to tell you how the ancient kingdom

was finally conquered and folded into the Persian Empire.

We've already heard about a Persian king called Cyrus, who's still considered to this day to have been a wise and just ruler.

After he died, his son Cambyses took over.

He had a very different reputation.

Herodotus thought he was mad, and that label has stuck.

The Egyptian pharaoh Amasis was friends with the Greeks,

and also tried to stay on the right side of the Persians.

When he heard that their king Cambyses had problems with his eyesight,

he sent an Egyptian eye doctor to help him out.

This doctor really did not want to leave his family behind in Egypt,

and so he had a grudge against Amos.

When he arrived in Persia, he suggested that Cambyses should marry the daughter of Amis.

Often in the past, ruling families from different countries have married their children to one

another in the spirit of peace.

The theory runs that it's harder to go to war against your own in-laws.

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