Rakyon

Also known as: Have-naught · Family: Egypt · Role: administrator and ruler · First appears: The First Pharaoh

Life events

Rakyon amassed great wealth by charging for the burial of the dead.(The First Pharaoh · 📍 Egypt)
- “In this way he succeeded in amassing great wealth within eight months.”
Ashwerosh renamed Rakyon Pharaoh for collecting taxes from the dead.(The First Pharaoh)
- With: Ashwerosh
- “No longer shalt thou be called Rakyon, Have-naught, but Pharaoh, Paymaster, for thou didst collect taxes from the dead.”
Rakyon was entrusted with guiding the realm and administering its law and justice under Ashwerosh.(The First Pharaoh)
- With: Ashwerosh
- “Under the suzerainty of Ashwerosh he administered law and justice throughout the year;”
Rakyon usurped royal authority and collected taxes from Egypt’s inhabitants.(The First Pharaoh · 📍 Egypt)
- “Through the power thus conferred upon him and through cunning practices, Pharaoh succeeded in usurping royal authority, and he collected taxes from all the inhabitants of Egypt.”
It was decreed that every ruler of Egypt would bear the name Pharaoh.(The First Pharaoh · 📍 Egypt)
- “Nevertheless he was beloved of the people, and it was decreed that every ruler of Egypt should thenceforth bear the name Pharaoh.”

with Ashwerosh (Ashwerosh was Rakyon (later called Pharaoh)'s suzerain.) “Under the suzerainty of Ashwerosh he administered law and justice throughout the year; only on the one day when he showed himself to the people did the king himself give judgment and decide cases.”

Extracted from the original text of The Legends of the Jews, Volume I. Made with Rho MD.