Herodotus. “The Origin of the Class of Egyptian Interpreters”
Presentation by Guilherme Sousa
Herodotus Halicarnassus
Herodotus, Father of History - Father of Lies
Herodotus named his nine books of The Histories after the 9 Muses. The Book 2 is called Euterpe, the Muse of music.
The eleven kings banished Psammetichus
Psammetichus had no cup, so he used his helmet
The Origin of the Class of Egyptian Interpreters
Twelve Egyptian Kings gathered in the last day of a Festival
He was told by the oracle of Buto, that bronze men would help him defeat the kings.
A company of Ionian raiders ashored on the land, they were covered in bronze armour.
Psammetichus befriended the raiders and promised them many riches.
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Psammetichus was crowned ruler of Egypt.
The king put a group of young boys at the Greek’s service, to learn their language.
And so were born the first Egyptian interpreters.
General Horemheb communicates with foreigners with the assistance of interpreters
“Of Herodotus of Halicarnassus’ inquiry here’s the showing forth that neither the deeds of human beings with time pass away nor great and marvelous actions (…)”
-Herodotus Halicarnassus
“Herodotus believes in divine retribution (…) but his emphasis is always on human actions and character rather than on the interventions of the gods.”
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Greeks were xenophobic and chauvinists, they cared little for other cultures and not at all for other languages.
“Compare this definition from an Arabic-English dictionary of the three letter root ae-ja-ma: ‘speaking incorrect Arabic, dumb, speechless, barbarian, non-Arab, foreigner, alien, Persian.”
The Importance of The Histories
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