Rhampsinitus (English spelling)

Japanese: ランプシニトゥス（英語表記）Rhampsinitus

The name of a fictitious Egyptian king. When the Greek historian Herodotus retold the legendary tale of the thief, he gave the king the name Lampsinitos (pronounced Lampsinitus in Latin), hence the name. The carpenter who built the treasury of King Lampsinitus designed it so that only one stone in the wall could be removed. Just before his death, the carpenter told his two sons about it. When the king saw that the treasury was being ransacked, he had a trap set inside. The elder brother was caught in the trap, but to prevent his identity from being revealed, he ordered his younger brother to cut off his head.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

エジプトの架空の王の名。ギリシアの歴史家ヘロドトスが，伝承の怪盗物語を再話したとき，王の名をランプシニトス(ラテン語読みでランプシニトゥス)としたため，この名がある。　ランプシニトゥス王の宝物殿を建てた大工は，壁の石を1個だけ抜けるようにつくる。死の直前，大工は2人の息子にそれを打ち明ける。宝物殿が荒らされるので，王は中にわなを仕掛けさせる。兄がわなにかかるが，兄は身許が知られないようにと，自分の首を切り落とすことを弟に命じる。

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