Manetho
Sign in to saveManetho (; 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 January 201 BCE
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- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Egypt
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- priest
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17 sectionsContents
- 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.