Thoth, the Hermes of Egypt: a Study of Some Aspects of Theological Thought ...
Thoth, the Hermes of Egypt: a Study of Some Aspects of Theological Thought ...
Boylan, Patrick
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9. Cf. B^n^dite, Scribe et babouin (Paris, 1911), p. 22 ff. Ben^dite maintains that the Hermopolitan ape-god does not begin to appear in art before the Thinite period. He doubts, however, whether the early ape- figures of Hieraconpolis and Abydos are really symbols of the god Thoth : The dog-headed apes of the 3 rd Dynasty tombs at Medum and in the mastabas of the Memphite period are not, according to Benedite, representations of the ape-god, Thoih, but rather represen- tations of an animal whi...ch, because it was not native to Egypt, and had to be fetched from a great distance, had become a sort of exotic plaything for the members of Pharaoh's household, and for the high nobility of the early period. Benedite is inclined to think that the splendid statue of an ape shown on p. 29 of his work, which is assigned by an inscription to the age of Snofru, really belongs to that period, and is one of the earliest representations of the sacred ape of Thoth (ibid. p. 29 f. For B^nedite's view as to the exact meaning of the ape-symbolism of Thoth see pp.
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