Manetho

[man-uh-thoh]

Man·e·tho

[man-uh-thoh]
noun
flourished c250 b.c., Egyptian high priest of Heliopolis: author of a history of Egypt.
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Manetho

Egyptian priest who wrote a history of Egypt in Greek, probably for Ptolemy I (305-282).

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