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Strabo: "Tiga kelas menghuni kota (Aleksandria di Mesir): pertama oran...

"Tiga kelas menghuni kota (Aleksandria di Mesir): pertama orang Aegipia atau penduduk asli, yang cepat marah dan tidak cenderung kehidupan sipil; dan kedua kelas tentara bayaran, yang parah dan banyak dan tidak bisa dipecahkan ...; dan, ketiga, suku bangsa Aleksandria, yang juga tidak jelas-jelas condong pada kehidupan sipil, dan karena alasan yang sama, tetapi tetap saja mereka lebih baik daripada yang lain, karena meskipun mereka adalah orang campuran, tetap saja mereka berasal dari Yunani. dan memperhatikan kebiasaan yang umum bagi orang Yunani."

--- Strabo

Versi Bahasa Inggris

Three classes inhabited the city (Alexandria in Egypt): first the Aegyptian or native stock of people, who were quick-tempered and not inclined to civil life; and secondly the mercenary class, who were severe and numerous and intractable...; and, third, the tribe of the Alexandrians, who also were not distinctly inclined to civil life, and for the same reasons, but still they were better than those others, for even though they were a mixed people, still they were Greeks by origin and mindful of the customs common to the Greeks.