14108, ROUND 4 Posted by guest, Fri Apr-20-01 06:08 PM
4) EUROPE
In the writings of the "Father of (European) History," Herodotus, he constantly makes ccomparisons to the actions and traditions of the Greeks to the people of KMT (ancient Egyptians).
"The Greeks tell many tales without due investigation, and among them the following silly fable respecting Hercules..And again, how would it have been possible for Hercules alone, and, as they confess, a mere mortal, to destroy so many thousands? In saying thus much concerning these matters, may I incur no displeasure either of god or hero!"- Example of Lying
"Almost all the names of the gods came into Greece from Egypt. My inquiries prove that they were all derived from a foreign source, and my opinion is that Egypt furnished the greater number...Besides these which have been here mentioned, there are many other practices whereof I shall speak hereafter, which the Greeks have borrowed from Egypt. "- Unoriginality, KMT was Culturally Dominant
Herodotus on theories of the Hapi's (Nile River's) origins derived by the Greeks. "Some of the Greeks, however, wishing to get a reputation for cleverness, have offered explanations of the phenomena of the river, for which they have accounted in three different ways. Two of these I do not think it worth while to speak of, further than simply to mention what they are... The second opinion is even more unscientific than the one just mentioned, and also, if I may so say, more marvellous... The third explanation, which is very much more plausible than either of the others, is positively the furthest from the truth; for there is really nothing in what it says, any more than in the other theories... As for the writer who attributes the phenomenon to the ocean, his account is involved in such obscurity that it is impossible to disprove it by argument."
"Concerning Egypt itself I shall extend my remarks to a great length, because there is no country that possesses so many wonders, nor any that has such a number of works which defy description. Not only is the climate different from that of the rest of the world, and the rivers unlike any other rivers, but the people also, in most of their manners and customs, exactly reverse the common practice of mankind. The women attend the markets and trade, while the men sit at home at the loom; and here, while the rest of the world works the woof up the warp, the Egyptians work it down; the women likewise carry burthens upon their shoulders, while the men carry them upon their heads."- First this shows an example of universalism, in herodotus' proclamation of Egyptians actions being the "reverse of mankind." Secondly, this "backwards behavior" hints at the significantly different position of women in a society where they were freer and had more social moblity than the women of Greek society.
"They (Egyptians) are religious to excess, far beyond any other race of men, and use the following ceremonies:- They drink out of brazen cups, which they scour every day: there is no exception to this practice. They wear linen garments, which they are specially careful to have always fresh washed. They practise circumcision for the sake of cleanliness, considering it better to be cleanly than comely. The priests shave their whole body every other day, that no lice or other impure thing may adhere to them when they are engaged in the service of the gods. Their dress is entirely of linen, and their shoes of the papyrus plant: it is not lawful for them to wear either dress or shoes of any other material. They bathe twice every day in cold water, and twice each night; besides which they observe, so to speak, thousands of ceremonies. "
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