The Ancient Fragments Containing What Remains of the Writings of Sanchoniatho, Berossus, Abydenus, Megasthenes, and Manetho

by Isaac Preston Cory

The Ancient Fragments Containing What Remains of the Writings of Sanchoniatho, Berossus, Abydenus, Megasthenes, and Manetho, also the Hermetic Creed, the Old Chronicle, the Laterculus of Eratosthenes, the Tyrian Annals, the Oracles of Zoroaster, and the Periplus of Hanno is a collection of translated surviving fragments from authors of antiquity

Genres: History

150 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 29, 2009

About the author

Isaac Preston Cory (1802–1842) was an antiquarian who compiled ancient fragments and published them in a compendium called Cory's Ancient Fragments (1826, revised 1832).

Cory was a Fellow of Caius College, having obtained a master's degree in law in 1827. He soon after became a professional barrister, but also was an antiquarian and book collector.[1] He was a personal friend of Thomas Taylor and through him obtained ancient fragments from classical neoplatonists which he added to his compendium of ancient fragments.

Reviews

[Cooper Renner · Rating 3 out of 5]

Toward the end of this book I started skimming and skipping. WHat I wanted were the earlier sections--the more or less annal records of ancient cultures. But later in the book there are a lot of "philosophical" works, redolent of Gnosticism, which sound mostly like mumbo-jumbo, to me at least.

[Peter J. · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was an excellent book. It really helped clarify where some of the genesis stories originated.