Author Description

Book Description: "Horapollo, the traditional author of this work, was one of the last priests of the Ancient Egyptian religion in the fifth century C.E. His only extant work is this, the Hieroglyphica, which claims to be an explanation of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs, mixed with a great deal of ancient, and often wrong, natural history. It was translated two centuries later into Greek. The text was rediscovered in 1422, and it was first put into print in 1505. By the time that Egyptian was finally deciphered in the 19th century, the Hieroglphics of Horapollo fell out of favor. A few of the examples in the beginning of the book turned out to be correct, or close to correct. What makes this book of continued interest is that it can be read in a number of ways: a glimpse into an archaic mindset, a mystical inventory of the universe, or a series of surreal images." (Quote from sacred-texts.com) Table of Contents: Publisher's Preface; Preface; Book I.; How They Denote Eternity; How The Universe; How A Year; How A Month; How The Current Or Civil Year; What They Signify By Delineating A Hawk; How They Indicate The Soul; How Ares And Aphrodite (hor And Hathor.); How Marriage; How An Only Begotten; What They Imply By Depicting A Vulture; How They Denote HephÆstus [phthah.]; What They Intimate When They Depict A Star; What They Denote When They Pourtray A Cynocephalus; How They Denote The Renovation Of The Moon; How The Two Equinoxes; How They Denote Intrepidity; How They Denote Strength; How They Denote A Watchful Person; How The Terrible; How The Rising Of The Nile; How They Designate Egypt; How A Man That Has Not Travelled Abroad; How An Amulet [protection]; How They Denote An Imperfect Man; How An Opening; How Speech; How Dumbness; How A Voice From A Distance; How Ancient Descent; How Taste; How Delight; How Sexual Intercourse; How A Soul Continuing A Long Time Here; How A Man Returning Home After A Long Time From A Foreign Land; How They