Manetho E-Book

Leonardo Paolo Lovari

• Herausgeber: Harmakis Edizioni
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2018

Beschreibung

Our knowledge of Manetho is uncertain, but we can affirm three things that are: his homeland, his priesthood in Heliopolis and his activity for the introduction of the cult of Serapis. The name Manetho can be explained as "The Truth of Thoth", and under the XIX Dynasty it is described as "First Priest of the Truth of Thoth". "Manetho" is from the Coptic "spouse" "herdsman" "horse", but the word does not seem to appear elsewhere as a proper name. Under the name of Manetho, Suida seems to distinguish two writers: Manetho di Mendes in Egypt, chief priest who wrote about the realization of Kyphi and Manetho di Diospoli or Sebennytus, works "A Treatise on Physical Doctrines" and "Apotelesmatica" (or Astrological Influences), in verses hexameters, and other astrological works. He describes himself as "High priest and scribe of the holy shrines of Egypt, born in Sebennytus and living in Heliopolis". To Manetho we owe the division into thirty dynasties of the history of ancient Egypt, this subdivision is partly confirmed also by other sources such as the Royal Canon.

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LEONARDO PAOLO LOVARI

MANETHO

HISTORY OF EGYPT

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ISBN: 9788885519657

May 2018

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INTRODUCTION

The reconstruction of Egyptian history and civilization has been written on the basis of numerous sources produced by the Egyptians, and indirectly, left by other peoples who have come into contact with Egyptian civilization. Egyp- tian historiography responded to the criteria, first of all in a practical way: administrative and legal activities had to have a chronological record, so it was indispensable to have a list of pharaohs in order to have a precise location. There was then a need for a conceptual type, the story seen as a continuation of the beginning of the world, for this reason they had stored the facts by sacrificing them in a sacred manner.

Recording historical events could sometimes be used for political use, such as the Annals of Tuthmosi III, or the Battle of Kadesh for Ramses II. Thus there was an antisemitism, for example in Palermo’s Stone; This is a very important document unfortunately divided into several fragments. The main fragment is guarded in Palermo, and is a piece of insignificant aspect of diorite that does not fit 43 centimeters in height by 30.5 in width. Other fragments were recovered later and are now in the Cairo Museum. The text, engraved on the front and back of the document, consisted of a long list of kings, names of their mothers, and year after year the level reached by the full of the Nile. In the so-called “Canon of Turin”, we have the fragments of an accurate record that does not differ much from that of Manetone. It is said that this papal Ierican dating back to the reign of Ramses II (1290-1224 BC).

Teaching for Merikara

It is a long text in which Pharaoh Kheti II from a series of admonitions and advice to son Merikara, of the Xth Dynasty, who will have to take power. We are during the First Intermediate Period, an era of continual disorder, in which the same figure of Pharaoh is questioned. Pharaoh is now respected and reverenced only for his works of righteousness toward the people, and not simply because he represents God on earth. Kheti II, in the throat of the speech, ends up exalting his work more than giving advice to his son, but the text is very interesting because he outlines, perhaps unwillingly, the difficult political climate of time.