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Cambyses Romance
The ''Cambyses Romance'' is an anonymous Sahidic Coptic prose narrative composed no later than the 7th century AD. It is a fictionalized account of the invasion of Egypt by the Persian king Cambyses II in 525 BC that blends various traditions. It is known from a single manuscript, and the beginning and end of the text are lost. Synopsis The ''Romance'' contains several odd conflations or historical inaccuracies. Cambyses is sometimes called Nebuchadnezzar, deliberately conflating him with Nebuchadnezzar II (604–562 BC), the king of Babylonia who captured Jerusalem. The reigning pharaoh is named Apries (589–570), whose reign corresponds with Nebuchadnezzar's rather than Cambyses'. The historical pharaoh was Psamtik III (526–525). Likewise, the Persians are also called Assyrians, whose kingdom historically was conquered by Nebuchadnezzar's father. The surviving text begins with Cambyses sending a letter to the people of the land where the sun rises demanding their subjectio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sahidic Coptic
Coptic (Bohairic Coptic: , ) is a language family of closely related dialects, representing the most recent developments of the Ancient Egyptian language, Egyptian language, and historically spoken by the Copts, starting from the third-century AD in Roman Egypt. Coptic was supplanted by Arabic as the primary Vernacular, spoken language of Egypt following the Muslim conquest of Egypt and was slowly replaced over the centuries. Coptic has no native speakers today, although it remains in daily use as the Sacred language, liturgical language of the Coptic Orthodox Church and of the Coptic Catholic Church. Innovations in grammar, phonology, and the influx of Ancient Greek, Greek loanwords distinguish Coptic from earlier periods of the Egyptian language. It is written with the Coptic alphabet, a modified form of the Greek alphabet with several additional letters borrowed from the Demotic (Egyptian), Demotic Egyptian script. The major Coptic dialects are Sahidic, Bohairic, Akhmimic, Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
