The Hieroglyphics of Horapollo Nilous: Hieroglyphic Semantics in Late Antiquity

The main aim of this book is to reconstruct a philosophical context for the Hieroglyphica of Horapollo, a late 5^th century Greek study of hieroglyphic writing. In addition to reviewing and drawing on earlier approaches it explores the range of signs and meanings for which Horapollo is interested in giving explanations.