The Story of Nefrekepta From a Demotic Papyrus: Put Into Verse

by Gilbert Murray

Excerpt from The Story of Nefrekepta From a Demotic Papyrus: Put Into Verse

While doing the verses I was constantly reminded of certain Egyptian illuminations by Miss Florence Kingsford, now Mrs. Sydney Cockerell, which I had seen some years ago, and she has been so kind as to provide the book with a frontispiece and tail-piece.

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

58 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1911

Reviews

[Terry Sneed · Rating 5 out of 5]

A magnificent translation into English by Gilbert Murray, than whom there is none better. A deft and imaginative rendering of a fascinating Demotic text.

[Terry Sneed · Rating 5 out of 5]

Magnificent translation by magnificent translator! An Egyptian story told via a demotic papyrus; very unusual and fanciful; not the same old Greek stories.