Herodotus, Naucratis, Greek-Egyptian relations, Amasis, Pharaoh, commercial outpost, Histories, Euterpe, ancient Greece, ancient Egypt, trade, cultural exchange
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Analysis of Herodotus' account of Naucratis, a Greek commercial outpost in Egypt, and its significance in Greek-Egyptian relations.
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[...] From then on, it is necessary to ask if Herodotus' vision of the relations between Egyptians and Greeks from an official and legal point of view is not amplified due to the importance of the value of the favors granted. In this perspective, we will first see how Herodotus envisioned the friendship of Pharaoh Amasis towards the Greeks. Then, we will address Herodotus' insistence on religious privileges and, before concluding, his praise of the port of Naucratis. Plan. 1. The friendship of Pharaoh Amasis. [...]
[...] https://doi.org/10.4000/books.ausonius.7698 - BRESSON, Alain. The commercial city. Ausonius Éditions Bordeaux pages, Chapter II. 'Return to Naucratis'. https://doi.org/10.4000/books.ausonius.7701 - DARTHOU, Sonia. (2019). Herodotus, the traveling historian. National Geographic, History 29/01/2019. https://www.nationalgeographic.fr/histoire/2019/01/herodote-lhistorien-voyageur - MACTOUX, Marie-Madeleine. A barbarian argumentation (Herodotus, II, 54-57). Religious Discourse in Antiquity, Proceedings of the Besançon Colloquium Besançon, University of Franche-Comté, pp. [...]
[...] - Interest, notably commercial, well real of the pharaoh for the Greeks. to 'city where to settle' - construction of religious locations and 2. Significance of religious privileges for the Greeks. to 10) - The gods, a central place in ancient Greek culture. - « des places where to raise altars and sanctuaries to their gods" and = exceptional privilege, felt as an exclusivity." - Reference to different sanctuaries, including the Hellénion, 'the largest, most famous, most frequented' = the sanctuary of all Greeks, founded by several Greek cities to 7). [...]
[...] This amplification context allows for a nuanced account of Herodotus' narrative focused on the Greeks, without completely discrediting it in light of the geographical, religious, and ethnographic references mentioned, which stem from his passion for exploration. Bibliography. - AMÉLINEAU, Émile. The mouths of the Nile according to Herodotus. Proceedings of the sessions of the Academy of Inscriptions and Fine Letters 35e year, n°5. p.354. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3406/crai.1891.70010 - BRESSON, Alain. The Commercial City. Ausonius Éditions Bordeaux pages, Chapter I. 'Rhodes, the Hellénion and the status of Naucratis (3rd-2nd century BC)'. [...]
