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Herodotus in Nubia

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E.J. Brill, Leiden, 2014. First edition. In-8, xiv & 163 pages. Original hardcover, new, still under shrink wrap. From the library of Egyptologist Charles Cornell Van Siclen III (VSX). Contents: Herodotus' Nubia in modern scholarship. Images of Nubia in Herodotean scholarship ; Herodotus halfway between Egyptology and Nubian studies ; Excursus 1: the kingdom of Kush from the eighth to the fifth century BC: a brief overview -- The Aithiopian passages in English translation -- The problem of the "Aithiopian logos". The context of the Aithiopian passages: introductory remarks ; Was there an unfinished Aithiopian logos? -- "Fiction" and "reality". On sources ; Excursus 2: Herodotus' priestly informants and the explanation of the Nile flood ; Sesostris in Nubia ; Excursus 3: a note on ancient Nubian archives ; Sabacos in Egypt ; Psamtek II in Nubia ; Aithiopians in the Siwa Oasis ; Herodotus' two Aithiopias 1: Aithiopia south of Egypt, with notes on oracles ; Herodotus' two Aithiopias 2: the land of the long-lived Aithiopians on the fringes of the inhabited world ; Excursus 4: Herodotus and Agatharchides ; The land of the long-lived Aithiopians continued ; The gifts presented to the king of Persia by the Aithiopians living south of Egypt ; Aithiopian passages in the Libyan logos: the autochthonous origin of the Aithiopians, the Aithiopian Trog[l]odytes ; A meditation on the fringes ; Aithiopian "half-men" in the army of Xerxes I -- Herodotus in Nubia. Herodotus' sources on Kushite kingship ; "Reflections in a distant mirror." Language: English. Relevant subjects: Egypt: Greco-Roman, Nubia & Africa.

Language: English.

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