Publication: ¿Viajando por Egipto con Heródoto? De nuevo sobre el papiro P.Lond. III 854.
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Pajón Leyra, Irene
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Universidad de Murcia, Servicio de Publicaciones.
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https://doi.org/10.6018/myrtia.609821
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El papiro P.Lond. III 854 (s. I-II d.C.) conserva parte de una carta en la que un cierto Nearco relata un viaje que dice haber realizado por Egipto. Sin embargo, la visión que ofrece del país no se corresponde con la vigente en su época: sitúa las fuentes del Nilo en Siena, coincidiendo con Heródoto pero no con fuentes posteriores, y atribuye al oráculo de Amón de Siwah una relevancia que ya no tiene. En un principio se consideró que el texto guardaba una relación directa con el texto de las Historias, pero la falta de coincidencias textuales claras llevó a cuestionar esta idea. El presente trabajo pretende ofrecer una revisión actualizada del contexto literario de la carta, con atención especial al papel de la obra de Heródoto, que probablemente fuera de los círculos eruditos seguía disfrutando de autoridad acerca de Egipto y su geografía.
Abstract: The papyrus P. Lond. III 854 (1st-2nd century AD) preserves part of a letter in which a certain Nearchus describes a journey he claims to have made to Egypt. However, his vision of the country does not correspond to that of his time: he places the sources of the Nile in Syene, in agreement with Herodotus but not with later sources, and he attributes to the oracle of Amon at Siwah a significance that it no longer has. The text was initially thought to be directly related to the text of the Histories, but the lack of clear textual overlaps led to this idea being questioned. This paper aims to provide an updated review of the literary context of the letter, with particular attention to the role of the work of Herodotus, which probably continued to enjoy authority on Egypt and its geography outside scholarly circles.
Abstract: The papyrus P. Lond. III 854 (1st-2nd century AD) preserves part of a letter in which a certain Nearchus describes a journey he claims to have made to Egypt. However, his vision of the country does not correspond to that of his time: he places the sources of the Nile in Syene, in agreement with Herodotus but not with later sources, and he attributes to the oracle of Amon at Siwah a significance that it no longer has. The text was initially thought to be directly related to the text of the Histories, but the lack of clear textual overlaps led to this idea being questioned. This paper aims to provide an updated review of the literary context of the letter, with particular attention to the role of the work of Herodotus, which probably continued to enjoy authority on Egypt and its geography outside scholarly circles.
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Viaje , Travel , Carta , Letter , Turismo , Tourism , Heródoto , Herodotus , Fuentes del Nilo , Sources of the Nile , Syene , Oráculo de Amón en Siwah , Ammon oracle of Siwa
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Pajón Leyra, I. (2025). ¿Viajando por Egipto con Heródoto? De nuevo sobre el papiro P.Lond. III 854. Myrtia, 40, pp. 11–30. https://doi.org/10.6018/myrtia.609821
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