Egypt
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref)
- Book Review: Egypt And The Limits Of Hellenism
Bryn Mawr Classical Review (Reviewed by Phiroze Vasunia) Ian S. Moyer, Egypt and the Limits of Hellenism. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011. “O Egypt, Egypt, of your pious deeds only stories will survive, and they will...
- New Book: Egypt And The Limits Of Hellenism
Cambridge University Press Egypt and the Limits of Hellenism by Ian S. Moyer, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor In a series of studies, Ian Moyer explores the ancient history and modern historiography of relations between Egypt and Greece from the fifth...
- Online: The Trismegistos Project
Trismegistos Trismegistos [TM], called after the famous epithet of Hermes - Thoth, the Egyptian god of wisdom and writing who also played a major role in Greek religion and philosophy, is a platform aiming to surmount barriers of language and discipline...
- What Explains A Peaceful Greek Trade City In Ancient Egypt?
Infozine (Jeannine Chatterton-Papineau) Naukrtis, a Greek trade emporium in Egypt's Nile delta region was given special privileges by Egypt -- the Greeks who lived there, though from competitive tribes, lived and worshipped together in peace. Naukrtis,...
- Book Review: The Landmark Herodotus
New York Times “The Landmark Herodotus” edited by Robert B. Strassler, with a new translation by Andrea L. Purvis. review by Edward Rothstein: Egypt, Herodotus tells us in “The Histories,” is a land with “more marvels and monuments that defy...
Egypt
In the footsteps of the Bronze Men
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref)
The first mention in history of Caria and its inhabitants was in the cuneiform texts of the Old Assyrian and Hittite Empires, who called the area Karkissa. History forgot about it for almost four centuries until the second citation by the legendary Greek poet Homer in his catalogue of ships.
The Carian language belonged to the Hittite- Luwian subfamily of Indo-European languages, and was related to Lycian and Lydian. Those who lived in the west of the country spoke a language closer to Greek.
According to Herodotus the inhabitants of Miletus spoke Greek with a Carian accent, which implies that during the dark ages, between about 1200 and 800 BC, the Greeks settled on the coast of Caria. Herodotus himself was a good example of the close ties between the Carians and Greeks: his father is called Lyxes, which is the Greek rendition of a good Carian name, Lukhsu.
Because of the hard and poor nature of Caria's land, Carians, like many other mountain people at the time, hired themselves out as mercenaries and military specialists. According to Herodotus, the Greeks were indebted to the Carians for three military inventions: making shields with handles; putting devices on shields; and fitting crests on helmets. Because of this last invention, the Persians called the Carians "cocks".
What, however, was the relationship between the Carians and the Egyptians? And how did they help Egypt?
- Book Review: Egypt And The Limits Of Hellenism
Bryn Mawr Classical Review (Reviewed by Phiroze Vasunia) Ian S. Moyer, Egypt and the Limits of Hellenism. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011. “O Egypt, Egypt, of your pious deeds only stories will survive, and they will...
- New Book: Egypt And The Limits Of Hellenism
Cambridge University Press Egypt and the Limits of Hellenism by Ian S. Moyer, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor In a series of studies, Ian Moyer explores the ancient history and modern historiography of relations between Egypt and Greece from the fifth...
- Online: The Trismegistos Project
Trismegistos Trismegistos [TM], called after the famous epithet of Hermes - Thoth, the Egyptian god of wisdom and writing who also played a major role in Greek religion and philosophy, is a platform aiming to surmount barriers of language and discipline...
- What Explains A Peaceful Greek Trade City In Ancient Egypt?
Infozine (Jeannine Chatterton-Papineau) Naukrtis, a Greek trade emporium in Egypt's Nile delta region was given special privileges by Egypt -- the Greeks who lived there, though from competitive tribes, lived and worshipped together in peace. Naukrtis,...
- Book Review: The Landmark Herodotus
New York Times “The Landmark Herodotus” edited by Robert B. Strassler, with a new translation by Andrea L. Purvis. review by Edward Rothstein: Egypt, Herodotus tells us in “The Histories,” is a land with “more marvels and monuments that defy...