The Literature of Ancient Egypt, An Anthology of Stories, Instructions and Poetry ISBN: 0-300-01711-1 Description: softcover, 350 pp. (20,5x13 cm) Condition: very good- (pencil notes) Weight: 395g. Price: $15.00 This item is in stock Quantity:

The Literature of Ancient Egypt, An Anthology of Stories, Instructions and Poetry, New Edition, edited with an introduction by William Kelly Simpson, with translations by R. O. Faulkner, E. F. Wente Jr. and W. K. Simpson, New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 1973
 


Part 1 Narratives and Tales of Middle Egyptian Literature
        King Cheops and the Magicians
        The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant
        The Shipwrecked Sailor
        The Story of Sinuhe

Part 2 Late Egyptian Stories
        The Quarrel of Apophis and Seknenre
        The Capture of Joppa
        The Tale of the Doomed Prince
        The Tale of the Two Brothers
        The Contendings of Horus and Seth
        The Blinding of Truth by Falsehood
        Astarte and the Insatiable Sea
        A Ghost Story
        The Report of Wenamon

Part 3 Instructions, Lamentations and Dialogues
        The Maxims of Ptahhotpe
        The Teaching of the Vizier Kagemni
        The Teaching for Merikare
        The Teaching of King Ammenemes I to His Son Sesostris
        The Loyalist Instruction from the Sehetepibre Stela
        The Man Who Was Tired of Life
        The Admonitions of an Egyptian Sage
        The Lamentations of Khakheperre-sonbe
        The Prophesies of Neferti
        The Instruction of Amenemope

Part 4 Songs, Poetry, and Hymns
        Poetry from the Oldest Religious Literature
        Cycle of Songs in Honor of Sesostris III
        The Victorious King
        The Hymn to the Aten
        The Love Songs and The Song of the Harper

Part 5 The Scribal Traditions and Several Incomplete Instructions
        The Satire on the Trades: the Instruction of Dua-Khety
        The Instruction of a Man for His Son
        The Instruction of Hardedef
        The Instruction of Amunnakhte
        The Scribal Traditions in the Schools

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