Ancient Egyptian literature : an anthology / / translated by John L. Foster |
Edizione | [lst ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Austin, TX : , : University of Texas Press, , 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxiii, 272 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 893/.108 |
Altri autori (Persone) | FosterJohn L <1930-2011.> (John Lawrence) |
Soggetto topico | Egyptian literature |
ISBN |
0-292-78193-8
0-292-79813-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Akhenaten's hymn to the sun -- The tale of the shipwrecked sailor -- Why, just now, must you question your heart -- I love you through the daytimes -- My love is one and only -- Love, how I'd love to slip down to the pond -- Love of you is mixed deep in my vitals -- I think I'll go home and lie very still -- Songs of the birdcatcher's daughter -- The instruction for little Pepi on his way to school -- Longing for Memphis -- Oh, I'm bound downstream on the Memphis Ferry -- Rebuke addressed to a dissipated scribe -- Menna's lament -- The debate between a man tired of life and his soul -- The resurrection of King Unis -- Prayer to the king to rise up -- Hymn to the king as a primordial god -- Hymn to the king as a flash of lightning -- Prayer of the king as a star fading in the dawn -- The prophecy of Neferty -- The testament of Amenemhat -- Two spells -- Spell for causing the beloved to follow after -- Power from the four winds of Heaven -- The greatness of the king -- Prayer of King Ramesses II -- For a portrait of the queen -- Hymn to Osiris -- Hymn to the Nile -- Hymn to the rising sun -- In praise of Amun -- Lament to Amun -- The tale of Sinuhe -- From 'The Leiden hymns' -- The prayers of Pahery -- From the tomb of King Intef -- The harper's song for Inherkhawy -- From 'The eloquent peasant' -- The peasant's eighth complaint -- From 'The maxims of Ptahhotep' -- The Instruction for Merikarê -- The wisdom of Amenemopet -- Epilogue: the immortality of writers -- List of hieroglyphic passages -- Sources of the texts. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783462503321 |
Austin, TX : , : University of Texas Press, , 2001 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ancient Egyptian literature : an anthology / / translated by John L. Foster |
Edizione | [lst ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Austin, TX : , : University of Texas Press, , 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxiii, 272 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 893/.108 |
Altri autori (Persone) | FosterJohn L <1930-2011.> (John Lawrence) |
Soggetto topico | Egyptian literature |
ISBN |
0-292-78193-8
0-292-79813-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Akhenaten's hymn to the sun -- The tale of the shipwrecked sailor -- Why, just now, must you question your heart -- I love you through the daytimes -- My love is one and only -- Love, how I'd love to slip down to the pond -- Love of you is mixed deep in my vitals -- I think I'll go home and lie very still -- Songs of the birdcatcher's daughter -- The instruction for little Pepi on his way to school -- Longing for Memphis -- Oh, I'm bound downstream on the Memphis Ferry -- Rebuke addressed to a dissipated scribe -- Menna's lament -- The debate between a man tired of life and his soul -- The resurrection of King Unis -- Prayer to the king to rise up -- Hymn to the king as a primordial god -- Hymn to the king as a flash of lightning -- Prayer of the king as a star fading in the dawn -- The prophecy of Neferty -- The testament of Amenemhat -- Two spells -- Spell for causing the beloved to follow after -- Power from the four winds of Heaven -- The greatness of the king -- Prayer of King Ramesses II -- For a portrait of the queen -- Hymn to Osiris -- Hymn to the Nile -- Hymn to the rising sun -- In praise of Amun -- Lament to Amun -- The tale of Sinuhe -- From 'The Leiden hymns' -- The prayers of Pahery -- From the tomb of King Intef -- The harper's song for Inherkhawy -- From 'The eloquent peasant' -- The peasant's eighth complaint -- From 'The maxims of Ptahhotep' -- The Instruction for Merikarê -- The wisdom of Amenemopet -- Epilogue: the immortality of writers -- List of hieroglyphic passages -- Sources of the texts. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817202503321 |
Austin, TX : , : University of Texas Press, , 2001 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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