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Title: Kings and gods of Egypt
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Moret, Alexandre, 1868-1938
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Publisher: New York : Putnam
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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24~ Homer and Egypt 243 vine, in its essential features, recalls the Egyptian(Fig. 19). The Greek text adds a Bacchic chorus, which ismissing from the Egyptian pictures: And in theirmidst a boy made pleasant music on a clear-tonedviol, and sang thereto a sweet Linos-song1 withdelicate voice; while the rest, with feet fallingtogether, kept time with the music and song.The Egyptian tombs show us no singing boy besidethe vineyard, no viol, no dancing chorus, but thereis the wine-press in which vintagers holding on withone hand to a beam or to a cord (Fig. 18 and 19)tread the grapes rhythmically.2 It is probablethat they used also songs and shouts to give ameasure to their movements. One of the bas-reliefs in the tomb of Phtahhetep shows us childrenplaying, wrestling, turning somersaults, while thehieroglyphic legend (gah (?) daririt) sets forth 1 Probably a lament for departing summer. 2 The Egyptian tombs very often show by the side of picturesof the preparation of offerings, scenes of

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