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According to Professor Alan Lloyd 'The core of Herodotus’ narrative is provided by an Egyptian tradition which presented Sesostris as a model of the ideal of kingship. This certainly contained an historical element, but it has been supplemented and contaminated by folklore, nationalist propaganda,
645:"Most of the memorial pillars which King Sesostris erected in conquered countries have disappeared, but I have seen some myself in Palestine with the inscription I mentioned and the drawing of a woman's genitals. In Ionia also there are two images of Sesostris cut on rock, one on the road from 661:; in each case the carved figure is nearly seven feet high and represents a man with a spear in his right hand and a bow in his left, and the rest of his equipment to match – partly Egyptian, partly Ethiopian." Herodotus II.106 216:. Diodorus also wrote that "with regard to this king not only are the Greek writers at variance with one another, but also among the Egyptians the priests and the poets who sing his praises give conflicting stories” (1.53). 291:
and Nineteenth dynasties were possibly the greatest conquerors that Egypt ever produced, and their records are much clearer than the older dynasties on the limits of Egyptian expansion. Senusret III raided into the
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Herodotus also relates that when Sesostris defeated an army without much resistance he erected a pillar in their capital with a vulva on it to symbolize the fact that the army fought like women.
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of conquest that in its expressions recalls the stelae of Sesostris in Herodotus: Sesostris may, therefore, be the highly magnified portrait of this Pharaoh.
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there appears a story told by Egyptian priests about a Pharaoh Sesostris, who once led an army northward overland to
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The Tradition of Hermes Trismegistus: The Egyptian Priestly Figure as a Teacher of Hellenized Wisdom
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Alan Lloyd (30 August 2007). "Book II". In Moreno, Alfonso; Murray, Oswyn; Brosius, Maria (eds.).
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where Alexander is described as "the new Sesostris, ruler of the world.
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which Herodotus said he had seen are likely to be identified with the
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also makes mention of Sesostris, who, he claims, was defeated by
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Herodotus describes Sesostris as the father of the blind king
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possible addition of memories of other namesake pharaohs
83:. Tales of Sesostris are probably based on the life of 689:(second ed.). Thames and Hudson. p. 130. 405:Clauss, James J.; Cuypers, Martine (2010-05-10). 202:, divided Egypt into administrative districts or 8: 717:Unters. z. Gesch. u. Altertumskunde Agyptens 365:Jacco Dieleman; Ian S. Moyer (10 May 2010). 259:The images of Sesostris carved in stone in 42:Herodotus misidentified the relief of King 360: 358: 356: 208:, was a great law-giver, and introduced a 79:, led a military expedition into parts of 591:Orality and Literacy in the Demotic Tales 628:, Oxford University Press (5 Jun 2003), 545: 543: 541: 539: 432:Bull, Christian H. (24 September 2018). 170:, who was less warlike than his father. 25: 498:. Harvard University Press. p. 43. 352: 342:: a play based on the life of Sesostris 411:. John Wiley & Sons. p. 441. 377:. John Wiley & Sons. p. 441. 719:, tome ii. Hinrichs, Leipzig (1900). 563:Griffith, Francis Llewellyn (1911). 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Sesostris (disambiguation)

Battle of Kadesh

Tarkasnawa
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