About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 34. Chapters: Polybius, Posidonius, Theopompus, Cleitarchus, Agatharchides, Timaeus, Philochorus, Hegesias of Magnesia, Manetho, Menander of Ephesus, Berossus, Palaephatus, Antipater, Artapanus of Alexandria, Duris of Samos, Phylarchus, Eupolemus, Alexander of Miletus, Demetrius the Chronographer, Hecataeus of Abdera, Philostephanus, Agathocles, Nicander, Paeon of Amathus, Marsyas of Pella, Leon of Pella, Satyrus the Peripatetic, Aesopus, Craterus, Antisthenes of Rhodes, Sosicrates, Abydenus, Euphantus, Marsyas of Philippi, Neanthes of Cyzicus, Anticlides, Hippobotus, Philinus of Agrigentum, Jason of Cyrene, Callixenus of Rhodes, Diyllus, Hegesander, Ctesicles. Excerpt: Manetho (or Manethon, Greek: ) was an Egyptian historian and priest from Sebennytos (ancient Egyptian: Tjebnutjer) who lived during the Ptolemaic era, approximately during the 3rd century BC. Manetho wrote the Aegyptiaca (History of Egypt). His work is of great interest to Egyptologists, and is often used as evidence for the chronology of the reigns of pharaohs. The original Egyptian version of Manetho's name is now lost to us, but it is speculated to have meant "Gift of Thoth," "Beloved of Thoth," "Truth of Thoth," "Beloved of Neith," or "Lover of Neith." Less accepted proposals are Myinyu-heter ("Horseherd" or "Groom") and Ma'ani-Djehuti ("I have seen Thoth"). In Greek, the earliest fragments (the Carthage inscription and Flavius Josephus) write his name as Maneth n, so the rendering of his name here is given as Manetho (the same way that Plat n is rendered "Plato"). Other renderings in Greek include Maneth s, Maneth, Manethos, Man th s, Man th n, and even Maneth th. In Latin we find Manethon, Manethos, Manethonus, and Manetos. Although no sources for the dates of his life and death remain, his work is usually associated with the reigns of Ptolemy I Sot...
