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The Hieroglyphics of Horapollo Nilous

195 entries · 4 sections

translated by Alexander Turner Cory

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The Hieroglyphics of Horapollo Nilous

Title Page and Front Matter

Book I

I. How They Denote Eternity II. How the Universe III. How A Year IV. How A Month V. How the Current or Civil Year VI. What They Signify by Delineating a Hawk VII. How They Indicate the Soul VIII. How Ares and Aphrodite (Hor and Hathor)IX. How Marriage X. How an Only Begotten XI. What They Imply by Depicting a Vulture XII. How They Denote Hephæstus [Phthah]XIII. What They Intimate When They Depict a Star XIV. What They Denote When They Pourtray A Cynocephalus XV. How They Denote the Renovation of the Moon XVI. How the Two Equinoxes XVII. How They Denote Intrepidity XVIII. How They Denote Strength XIX. How They Denote a Watchful Person XX. How the Terrible XXI. How the Rising of the Nile XXII. How They Designate Egypt XXIII. How a Man That Has Not Travelled Abroad XXIV. How an Amulet [Protection]XXV. How They Denote an Imperfect Man XXVI. How an Opening XXVII. How Speech XXVIII. How Dumbness XXIX. How a Voice From a Distance XXX. How Ancient Descent XXXI. How Taste XXXII. How Delight XXXIII. How Sexual Intercourse XXXIV. How a Soul Continuing a Long Time Here XXXV. How a Man Returning Home After a Long Time From a Foreign Land XXXVI. How They Denote the Heart XXXVII. How Education XXXVIII. How the Egyptian Letters XXXIX. How a Sacred Scribe XL. In What Manner They Represent Government, or a Judge XLI. How They Signify the Bearer of the Shrine XLII. How They Represent an Horoscopus [Observer of the Hours.]XLIII. How They Denote Purity XLIV. How They Intimate a Thing Unlawful, or an Abomination XLV. How They Represent the Mouth XLVI. How Manliness Combined with Temperance XLVII. How Hearing XLVIII. How the Member of a Prolific Man XLIX. How They Denote Impurity L. How a Disappearance LI. How Impudence LII. How They Represent Knowledge LIII. How They Represent a Son LIV. How a Fool LV. How They Represent Gratitude LVI. How an Unjust and Ungrateful Man LVII. How One Who is Ungrateful to His Benefactors LVIII. How an Impossibility LIX. How a Very Bad King LX. How a Vigilant King LXI. How They Designate a Ruler of the World LXII. How a People Obedient to Their King LXIII. How a King Who Governs a Part of the World LXIV. How One Who Governs All Things LXV. How a Fuller LXVI. How a Month LXVII. How a Rapacious, or Prolific, or Furious Man LXVIII. How Sunrise LXIX. How Sunset LXX. How They Shadow Forth Darkness

Book II.

Introduction I. What They Signify By Depicting A Star II. What by an Eaglet III. What by Two Feet Conjoined and Advancing IV. What by the Heart of a Man Suspended by the Windpipe V. How They Denote the Front of Battle VI. What by a Finger VII. Quid Penis Manu Compressa VIII. How They Denote Disease IX. How the Loins of a Man X. How They Symbolize Permanency and Safety XI. How Concord XII. How a Crowd XIII. How Admeasurement XIV. How a Woman Pregnant XV. How Wind XVI. How Fire XVII. How a Work XVIII. How Punishment XIX. How Impiety XX. How an Hour [Execration?]XXI. How Anything of Long Duration XXII. How Aversion XXIII. How a Future Act XXIV. How a Murderer, or the Blood of a Crocodile XXV. How Death XVI. How Love XXVII. How the Most Ancient XXVIII. How a Siege XXIX. How Infinite, or a Song, or Fate XXX. What One Line Bent Over Another Signifies XXXI. What They Denote by Depicting a Swallow XXXII. What by a Black Dove XXXIII. What by an Ichneumon XXXIV. What They Denote by Engraving Origanum (Wild Marjoram) for a Hieroglyphic XXXV. What by a Scorpion and Crocodile XXXVI. What by a Weasel XXXVII. What by a Hog XXXVIII. How Immoderate Anger XXXIX. How an Old Minstrel XL. How They Denote a Man Who Lives with his Wife XLI. What They Intimate by Pourtraying a Blind Beetle XLII. What They Design by Depicting a Mule XLIII. How They Denote a Woman who has Brought Forth Female Infants XLIV. How They Denote Wasps XLV. How A Woman Who Miscarries XLVI. How a Man Who Cures Himself by an Oracle XLVII. How a Swarm of Gnats XLVIII. How a Man That Has No Bile, But Receives It From Another XLIX. How a Man Who Dwells Securely in a City L. How a Man Who is Weak and Persecuted by Another LI. How They Denote A Man Who Flees For Refuge to his Patron, and Receives No Assistance LII. How They Represent a Weak Man That is Audacious LIII. How a Woman Suckling and Bringing Up Her Children Well LIV. How a Man Fond of Dancing LV. How a Mystic Man LVI. How a King who Keeps Himself Apart, and Shews No Mercy to Delinquencies LVII. How the Great Cyclical Renovation LVIII. How One Who is Fond of His Father LIX. How a Woman That Hates Her Husband LX. How They Denote Children Plotting Against Their Mothers LXI. How They Denote a Man Who Sickens Under the Reproach of Accusation LXII. How a Man that is Burnt with Fire LXIII. How a Blind Man LXIV. How a Man That Never Stirs Out LXV. How a Man who is Injured by Self-Inflictions LXVI. How a Man Who Has Been Succeeded in His Property by a Son Whom He Hated LXVII. How a Man That Conceals His Own Defects LXVIII. How One Who Hears With More Than Usual Acuteness LXIX. How an Unsettled Person LXIX. How a Man Overcome by his Inferiors LXX. How a Man Who Overcomes His Private Enemy LXXII. How a Man Who Passes Fearlessly Through the Evils Which Assail Him LXXIII. How a Man Annoyed by his Private Enemies LXXIV. How a Man Who is Fearful Lest Accidents Should Happen Unexpectedly to Himself LXXV. How a Man Calmed by Fire During Anger LXXVI. How a Feverish Man Who Cures Himself LXXVII. How a Man who Becomes Steady at Last After his Former Excesses LXXVIII. How a Man Whose Temperance is Easily Changed LXXIX. How a Slayer of Sheep and Goats LXXX. How They Denote a Man Eating LXXXI. How They Denote a Rapacious and Inactive Man LXXXII. How a Woman That Has Brought Forth Once LXXXIII. How a Man Who is at First Deformed LXXXIV. How a Powerful Man, and One That Discerns What Things Are Right LXXXV. How a King That Flees From Folly and Intemperance LXXXVI. How a King that Flees from a Trifler LXXXVII. How a Man That is Quick in his Movements, But Who Moves Imprudently and Inconsiderately LXXXVIII. How a Man That is Providing His Own Tomb LXXXIX. How a Man that has Lived to a Proper Age XC. How a Man who Conceals his Depravity within Himself XCI. How a Man Deceived by Flattery XCII. How the Presage of a Plentiful Vintage XCIII. How a Man Having Received Injury from the Grape XCIV. How a Man that Guards Himself from the Plots of His Enemies XCV. Quomodo Pædicationem XCVI. How an Old Man Dying of Hunger XCVII. How a Man Living Perpetually in Motion, and Agitation of Mind XCVIII. How a Man Skilled in Celestial Matters XCIX. How a Man Who Through Want Dismisses His Own Children C. How a Man Who is Tardy in Moving With His Feet CI. How a Man Who is Impudent and Quick-Sighted CII. How a Man Unable to Move Himself CIII. How a Man Hostile to All CIV. How a Man Who Saves Many in the Sea CV. How a Man that Wastefully Consumes Both Things that Are Requisite and Things That Are Not CVI. How a Man the Ruler of his Tribe CVII. How a Man who is Married to a Woman CVIII. How a Man that Does Not Provide For Himself CIX. How a Man Addicted to Gluttony CX. How a Man that Vomits Up His Food CXI. How a Man That Has Commerce With Persons of Another Tribe CXII. How a Man Punished for Murder CXIII. How a Man that Eats Unsparingly of Another's Substance CXIV. How a Man That is Eager After Good CXV. How a Prolific Man CXVI. How a Man That is Constant, and Uniformly Tempered CXVII. How a Man Previously Deranged in His Intellects, but Afterwards Becoming Sane CXVIII. How a Man Who Distributes Justice Impartially to All CXIX. How a Man That is Fond of Building Appendix Index of the Abbreviations Used