GREEKENGLISH

Manetho: History of Egypt and Other Works

By W. G. Waddell

Book information

Year
1940
ISBN
0674993853, 9780674993853
LCC
PA3612
Open Library ID
OL16723570M
Language
greekenglish
Format
PDF
Filesize
26 MB (27067027 bytes)
Series
Loeb Classical Library No. 350
Pages
288\802
Topic
History
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Manetho was an Egyptian of the 3rd century BCE. Born probably at Sebennytus in the Delta, he became a priest or high priest at Heliopolis. Apparently he and a Greek Timotheus did much to establish the cult of Serapis in Egypt. Eight works or parts of works were ascribed to him, all on history and religion and all apparently in Greek: Aegyptiaca, on the history of Egypt; The Sacred Book on Egyptian religion; An Epitome of Physical Doctrines; On Festivals; On Ancient Ritual and Religion; On the Making of Kyphi (an incense); The Criticisms of Herodotus; and the spurious Book of S?this. These survive only as quoted by other writers. This volume also contains the doubtful Kings of Thebes (in Egypt) and the Old Chronicle.

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