
Ancient Egyptian Literature
By Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis BudgeLength9h 46m
About this audiobook
This book is intended to serve as an elementary edition for all studies of Egyptian Literature. Its object is to present a short series of specimens of Egyptian compositions, which represent all the great periods of literary activity in Egypt under the Pharaohs, to all who are interested in the study of the mental development of ancient nations. It is not addressed to the Egyptological specialist, to whom, as a matter of course, its contents are well known, and therefore its pages are not loaded with elaborate notes and copious references. In selecting the texts for translation in this book an attempt has been made to include compositions that are not only the best of their kind, but that also illustrate the most important branches of Egyptian Literature. Among these religious, mythological, and moral works bulk largely, and in many respects these represent the peculiar bias of the mind of the ancient Egyptian better than compositions of a purely historical character.
Contents:
The Pyramid Texts
Stories of Magicians who Lived under the Ancient Empire
The Book of the Dead
Books of the Dead of the Græco-Roman Period
The Egyptian Story of the Creation
Legends of the Gods
Historical Literature
Autobiographical Literature
Tales of Travel and Adventure
Fairy Tales
Egyptian Hymns to the Gods
Moral and Philosophical Literature
Miscellaneous Literature
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics
Length9 hrs 46 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 26, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Ancient Egyptian Literature
10Chapter VIII Historical Literature
2Preface
11Chapter IX Autobiographical Literature
3Chapter I Thoth, The Author of Egyptian Literature. Writing Materials, Etc.
12Chapter X Tales of Travel and Adventure
4Chapter II The Pyramid Texts
13Chapter XI Fairy Tales
5Chapter III Stories of Magicians Who Lived Under the Ancient Empire
14Chapter XII Egyptian Hymns to the Gods
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6Chapter IV The Book of the Dead
15Chapter XIII Moral and Philosophical Literature
7Chapter V Books of the Dead of the Græco-Roman Period
16Chapter XIV Egyptian Poetical Compositions
8Chapter VI The Egyptian Story of the Creation
17Chapter XV Miscellaneous Literature
9Chapter VII Legends of the Gods