Manetho

3rd-century BC Egyptian historian and priest

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Also known as Manethon

Born: 3rd century BCE
Died: unknown
Citizenship: Ancient Egypt
Occupation: high priest
, historian
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
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, writer
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1.Stated in Library of the World's Best Literature
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Positions held: high priest
Languages spoken, written or signed: Ancient Greek
, Egyptian language
Notable work: Aigyptiaka

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Manetho was an Egyptian priest of the Ptolemaic Kingdom who lived in the early third century BCE, at the very beginning of the Hellenistic period. Little is certain about his life. He is known today as the author of a history of Egypt in Greek called the Aegyptiaca, written during the reign of Ptolemy I Soter or Ptolemy II Philadelphus. None of Manetho’s original texts have survived; they are lost literary works, known only from fragments transmitted by later authors of classical and late antiquity.

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AAigyptiakahistory of Egypt by Manetho

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Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in Dictionary of African Biography
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Floruit: 3rd century BCE
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1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2022-06-08
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Time period: Hellenistic period
Writing language: Ancient Greek
Different from: Manetho Astrologus
Religion or worldview: religion of ancient Egypt
Said to be the same as: Methodolus
Significant place: Sebennytos
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1.Stated in Isis and Osiris
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