Manetho
Auteur de Manetho
A propos de l'auteur
Œuvres de Manetho
Berossos and Manetho, Introduced and Translated: Native Traditions in Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt (1996) — Contributeur — 41 exemplaires
Delphi Complete Works of Manetho (Illustrated) (Delphi Ancient Classics Book 85) (2018) 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- fl. 3c. BC
- Date de décès
- fl. 3c. BC
- Sexe
- male
- Pays (pour la carte)
- Egypt
Membres
Critiques
Listes
Western Canon (1)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 7
- Membres
- 175
- Popularité
- #122,547
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 9
- Langues
- 1
It's interesting to note that while the cases of Berossos and Manetho are in many important ways parallel - both were hellenized native priests who used local written traditions (largely ignored by Greek writers) to write Greek-style histories of their native countries, and both those histories have come down to us only in fragments - the historiographical fates of their work are quite different. Berossos' is effectively a curiosity, with little impact on how we understand Babylonian history. Manetho's still provides the framework for Egyptian chronology and it appears we owe the very word "dynasty" to him.… (plus d'informations)