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245 00 $aEchoes of Egyptian voices :$ban anthology of ancient Egyptian poetry /$ctranslated by John L. Foster.
264 1 $aNorman :$bUniversity of Oklahoma Press,$c[1992]
264 4 $c℗♭1992
300 $axxiii, 134 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm.
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490 1 $aOklahoma series in classical culture ;$vv. 12
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 133-134).
505 0 $aFrom the Conclusion to The Instruction for Merikare -- Akhenaten's Hymn to the Sun -- The Debate Between a Man Tired of Life and His Soul -- The Resurrection of King Ounas -- The Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor -- Two Spells. Spell for Causing the Beloved to Follow After. Spell for Power from the Four Winds of Heaven -- The Testament of Amenemhat, King of Egypt -- Hymn to Osiris -- Hymn to the Nile -- From The Maxims of Ptahhotep. Prologue. Maxim 1 -- Menna's Lament, or Letter to a Wayward Son -- Lament to Amun -- Longing for Memphis -- For a Portrait of the Queen in Luxor Temple -- From The Leiden Hymns. 9. The Nine Great Gods are come from the waters. 10. The legend of Thebes exceeds any city. 20. How splendid you ferry the skyways. 30. The harpoon is deep in Apophis. 40. God is a master craftsman. 70. God loosens the knot of suffering. 80. The Eight Great Gods were your first incarnation. 90. The Nine Great Gods were drawn from your person. 100. When Being began back in days of the genesis. 200. Dark be the changes. 300. God is three of all gods. 500. Defeated and doomed the rebels. 600. The mind of God is perfect knowing -- The Harper's Song for Inherkhawy -- From The Eloquent Peasant. The Peasant's Eighth Complaint -- The Tale of Sinuhe -- Appendix A: Sources of the Texts -- Appendix B: Chronology -- Appendix C: A Note to the Specialist.
546 $aTranslated from the ancient Egyptian.
520 $aIt is a long journey from the decaying fragments of stone and papyrus upon which ancient Egyptian literature is written to finished translations of that civilization's classics. In Echoes of Egyptian Voices, translator John L. Foster shows how these bits and pieces, hints of old poems written three and four thousand years ago, come alive again to illuminate their time, revealing a spirit that is relevant today. Fascinated as we are by pyramids and mummies, we know almost nothing of Egypt's verbal heritage. The written compositions of ancient Egypt are among humanity's first--predating the ancient Greek and Hebrew texts by as much as two millennia. Almost all Egyptian literary texts are in verse, frequently in couplet form; they include a rich assortment of poetic elements, such as figurative language, imagery, nuances in vocabulary, and sound repetition. These poems are the earliest expressions of our experiences, hopes, and dreams, of our encounters with nature, people of other nations, and the gods. This literature relates the details of daily life, the ups and downs of society and politics, and the inner, sometimes turbulent or bewildered, self. Many important literary texts of ancient Egypt are recreated here through detailed, critical readings that uncover the linguistic elegance and essentially poetic nature of these brilliant pieces. Included are compositions not readily available elsewhere, such as selections from The Leiden Hymns, the conclusion to "The Testament of Amenemhat," and "Menna's Lament." Foster has crafted translations that are literary rather than literal, conveying the spirit as well as the substance of each text. The work will speak to general readers as well as to Egyptologists because these ancient voices ring true.
650 0 $aEgyptian poetry$vTranslations into English.
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653 0 $aEgyptian poetry
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700 1 $aFoster, John L.$q(John Lawrence),$d1930-2011.
830 0 $aOklahoma series in classical culture ;$vv. 12.
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