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Manetho

LC control no.n 88132204
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingManetho
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Variant(s)Manetone
Manethos
Manethon
Manefon
Associated countryEgypt
Birth date-0304~
Place of birthSamannūd (Egypt)
Profession or occupationHistorians
Found inSalvini, A.M. Manetone, 1976: t.p. (Manetone)
Oxford class. dict. (Manĕtho (fl. 280 B.C.) Egyptian high priest; historian)
Manefon i ego vremi︠a︡, 2003.
Ency. Brit., 1981 (Manetho, also Manethos or Manethon, fl. c. 300 B.C., Egyptian priest, historian)
Dictionary of African Biography, accessed February 27, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Manetho; historian; born about 305 BCE in Sebennytos, Egypt; was active during the reigns of Ptolemy I (305-282 BCE) and Ptolemy II (282-246 BCE); was educated in both Egyptian and Greek; belonged to the group of supporters and relatives of Nectanebo II, who collaborated with Ptolemy I; his most important works were historical - Against Herodotus and Aigyptiaka; died presumably in Egypt)
Associated languagegrc