APRIES, the Pharaoh Hophra of the Bible, was the 4th king of the 26th Egyptian dynasty, and succeeded his father Psammis about 595 B.C. According to Herodotus (iv. 159), he conquered the Tyrians in a naval engagement at Sidon, and re-established the Egyptian dominion over Syria. He carried his arms into Libya, but was defeated in an attempt upon Cyrene. His subjects revolted and proclaimed Amasis king, and in a battle which followed Apries was taken prisoner and strangled, B.C. 570.