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Manetho

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Manetho (; Manéthōn, gen.: Μανέθωνος, fl. 290–260 BCE) was an Egyptian priest of the Ptolemaic Kingdom who lived in the early third century BCE, at the very beginning of the Hellenistic period. Little is certain about his life. He is known today as the author of a history of Egypt in Greek called the Aegyptiaca (History of Egypt), written during the reign of Ptolemy I Soter or Ptolemy II Philadelphus (285–246 BCE). None of Manetho’s original texts have survived; they are lost literary works, known only from fragments transmitted by later authors of classical and late antiquity.

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Manetho was an Egyptian priest who wrote a history of Egypt in Greek during the early Ptolemaic period (around the 3rd century BCE), and his work is our most important ancient source for understanding Egyptian history and chronology. Although his original writings have been lost, fragments of his work survive through quotations by later classical authors, making him a crucial figure in how we know about ancient Egypt today.

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  • Degli effetti delle stelle
  • Manetho
  • Apotelesmaticorum qui feruntur libri VI
  • Manethonis Apotelesmaticorum
  • Manetho, with an English translation by W.G. Waddell

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  1. The History of Egypt

    · 1940 · cited 6x

  2. Pseudo-Manetho, Apotelesmatica: Books Two, Three, and Six

    · 2020 · cited 2x

  3. Pseudo-Manetho, Apotelesmatica: Books Four, One, and Five

    · 2023 · cited 1x

  4. Criticisms of Herodotus (Fragments)

    · 1940

  5. The Sacred Book

    · 1940

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17 sections
Contents
  • Works attributed to Manetho
  • Name
  • Historical context
  • The fragments of Manetho
  • The ''Aegyptiaca''
  • Manetho's legacy
  • The dynastic framework
  • Written in Greek
  • A native Egyptian perspective
  • Anti-Jewish Charges
  • Foundation for later scholarship
  • See also
  • References
  • Explanatory notes
  • Bibliography
  • Further reading
  • External links

Manetho (; Manéthōn, gen.: Μανέθωνος, fl. 290–260 BCE) was an Egyptian priest of the Ptolemaic Kingdom who lived in the early third century BCE, at the very beginning of the Hellenistic period. Little is certain about his life. He is known today as the author of a history of Egypt in Greek called the Aegyptiaca (History of Egypt), written during the reign of Ptolemy I Soter or Ptolemy II Philadelphus (285–246 BCE). None of Manetho’s original texts have survived; they are lost literary works, known only from fragments transmitted by later authors of classical and late antiquity.

thumb|Excerpt from Manetho, with an English translation by W.G. Waddell, p. ix.

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