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Manetho

By Manetho
Series: Loeb Classical Library
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Manetho is a collection of historical and religious works authored by the Egyptian priest Manetho in the 3rd century BCE. As a priest of Heliopolis, Manetho played a key role in establishing the cult of Serapis. His writings, chiefly in Greek, include the Aegyptiaca, a history of Egypt, along with treatises on Egyptian religion, festivals, ancient rituals, and incense-making. Although surviving only in fragments cited by others, his works offer valuable insights into ancient Egyptian culture, religion, and chronology.
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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 Sothis. The Kings of Thebes (in Egypt) and the Old Chronicle are doubtful.

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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 Sôthis. These survive only as quoted by other writers.

This volume also contains the doubtful Kings of Thebes (in Egypt) and the Old Chronicle.

Series: Loeb Classical Library

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780674993853

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 January 1940

Country: United States

Imprint: LOEB

Illustration: 1 map, index

Contributors:

  • Translated by W. G. Waddell

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 108.0mm

Height: 162.0mm

Weight: 200g

Pages: 288

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Arts & Culture Biography & Memoir Manetho Non-Fiction Series: Loeb Classical Library

About the Author

William Gillan Waddell (1884–1945) was Professor of Classics at Fuad el-Awal University, Cairo.

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