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Loeb Classical Library ; 350 Loeb classical library ; 350. ^A467228
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Abstract |
Eight works or parts of works were ascribed to Manetho, a third century BCE Egyptian, all on history and religion and all apparently in Greek. They survive only as quoted by other writers and include the spurious Book of S�othis. The Kings of Thebes (in Egypt) and the Old Chronicle are doubtful. 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�othis. These survive only as quoted by other writers. This volume also contains the doubtful Kings of Thebes (in Egypt) and the Old Chronicle. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliography and index. |
Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
Language | Text in Greek with English translation on facing pages. |
Source of description | Description based on print version record. |
Issued in other form | Print version: Manetho. History of Egypt and other works. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1940 9780674993853 |
ISBN | print version |