THE HISTORICAL SENSE OF UNRELIABLE CLASSICAL ANCIENT STORIES ABOUT EGYPT

Abstract

The origin is discussed of the classical ancient data about Egypt, which commonly seem unreliable. On considering two plots of this kind, about Polycrates and Busiris, the historical relevance of those stories may be suggested in spite of their obviously fantastic character. The ancient Egyptian ideology could have been the foundation for them. Irrelevant to social practice, both plots reflected the ancient Egyptian concepts of equilibrium and creating power of depictions. Thus, both texts may be seen as the evidence to specify our imagination about the ancient Egyptian picture of the world. The other fantastic classical ancient stories about Egypt can also be based on authentic concepts and be worth considering