The hieroglyphics of Horapollo Nilous : hieroglyphic semantics in late antiquity /

"The main aim of this book is to reconstruct a philosophical context for the Hieroglyphica of Horapollo, a late 5th century Greek study of hieroglyphic writing. In addition to reviewing and drawing on earlier approaches it explores the range of signs and meanings for which Horapollo is interest...

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Main Author: Wildish, Mark (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2018
Series:Issues in ancient philosophy
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