Aegyptiaca, etc. Ptolemy Pevná vazba
Aegyptiaca, etc. Ptolemy Pevná vazba Manetho was an Egyptian of the 3rd century BCE. Apparently he and a Greek Timotheus did much to establish the cult of Serapis in Egypt. Born probably at…
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Aegyptiaca, etc. Ptolemy Pevná vazba
Manetho was an Egyptian of the 3rd century BCE. Apparently he and a Greek Timotheus did much to establish the cult of Serapis in Egypt. Born probably at Sebennytus in the Delta, he became a priest or high priest at Heliopolis.
These survive only as quoted by other writers. 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. This volume also contains the doubtful Kings of Thebes (in Egypt) and the Old