In a series of studies, Ian Moyer explores the ancient history and
modern historiography of relations between Egypt and Greece from
the fifth century BCE to the early Roman empire. Beginning with
Herodotus, he analyzes key encounters between Greeks and Egyptian
priests, the bearers of Egypt's ancient traditions. Four moments
unfold as rich micro-histories of cross-cultural interaction:
Herodotus' interviews with priests at Thebes; Manetho's composition
of an Egyptian history in Greek; the struggles of Egyptian priests
on Delos; and a Greek physician's quest for magic in Egypt. In
writing these histories, the author moves beyond Orientalizing
representations of the Other and colonial metanarratives of the
civilizing process to reveal interactions between Greeks and
Egyptians as transactional processes in which the traditions,
discourses and pragmatic interests of both sides shaped the
outcome. The result is a dialogical history of cultural and
intellectual exchanges between the great civilizations of Greece
and Egypt.
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