Herodotus in Nubia

ISBN: 9789004269132 出版年：2014 页码：177 Laszlo Torok Brill

CONTENTS Map of Egypt and Nubia Political and Geographical Terms Chapter One Herodotus' Nubia in Modern Scholarship 1. Images of Nubia in Herodotean Scholarship 2. Herodotus Halfway between Egyptology and Nubian Studies 3. Excursus 1: The Kingdom of Kush from the Eighth to the Fifth Century BC. A Brief Overview Chapter Two The Aithiopian Passages in English Translation Chapter Three The Problem of the "Aithiopian Logos" 1. The Context of the Aithiopian Passages: Introductory Remarks 2. Was There an Unfinished Aithiopian Logos? Chapter Four "Fiction" and "Reality" 1. On Sources 1.1. Excursus 2: Herodotus' Priestly Informants and the Explanation of the Nile Flood 2. Sesostris in Nubia 3. Excursus 3: A Note on Ancient Nubian Archives 4. Sabacos in Egypt 5. Psamtek II in Nubia 6. Aithiopians in the Siwa Oasis 7. Herodotus' Two Aithiopias 1: Aithiopia South of Egypt. With Notes on Oracles 8. Herodotus' Two Aithiopias 2: The Land of the Long-lived Aithiopians on the Fringes of the Inhabited World 8.1. Excursus 4: Herodotus and Agatharchides 9. The Land of the Long-lived Aithiopians Continued 10. The Gifts Presented to the King of Persia by the Aithiopians Living South of Egypt 11. Two Aithiopian Passages in the Libyan Logos: The Autochthonous Origin of the Aithiopians. The Aithiopian Trog[l]odytes 12. A Meditation on the Fringes 13. Aithiopian "Half-men" in the Army of Xerxes I Chapter Five Herodotus in Nubia 1. Herodotus' Sources on Kushite Kingship 2. "Reflections in a Distant Mirror" Abbreviations General Index Index Locorum