Menes
(
Μήν and
Μήνης). The
first king of Egypt, according to the Egyptian traditions, and the one who introduced into
Egypt the worship of the gods, sacrifices, and many of the usages of advanced civilization
(
Herod. ii. 4, 99). His date is given as between B.C. 4500 and
4000. See
Aegyptus, p. 28.