An Account of Egypt

by Herodotus

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The Nile shapes both the land and the stories in Herodotus's account of ancient Egypt. This second book of his Histories, translated by G. C. Macaulay, combines descriptions of the country with reports gathered from Egyptian priests. At Memphis, Thebes and Heliopolis, he compares accounts of early kings, religious practices and the calendar, setting their explanations beside his own observations and judgments.

Practical details give the account much of its texture: acacia boats fastened together with long bolts, papyrus sails, and flooded plains where cities stand above the water like islands. The narrative also follows traditions about Min and the embankments protecting Memphis.

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Herodotus

Herodotus (c. 484-c. 425 BC) was a Greek historian and geographer from Halicarnassus, a city under Persian control in his day, and later a citizen of Thurii in modern Calabria, Italy. He wrote the "Histories", an account of the Greco-Persian Wars that also treats other subjects, among them the rise of the Achaemenid dynasty under Cyrus.

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Author: Herodotus
Reading time: About 3 hours
Pages: 59
Language: English
Genre: Ancient History
Formats: PDF, EPUB, Read online