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Sethos ( ''Sethon'') was a pharaoh of Egypt described by Herodotus in his ''Histories'' (book II, chapter 141): ==The Terrasson novel== Sethos became the hero of an improbably influential fantasy novel, ''Life of Sethos, Taken from Private Memoirs of the Ancient Egyptians'', published in 1731 by the French Abbe Jean Terrasson. The book appeared in Paris in 1731 and in an English translation by Thomas Lediard published in London by J. Walthoe in 1732. According to the noted classicist Mary Lefkowitz, Sethos: This eighteenth century work of fiction is a primary source of Afrocentrism and of the kind of black history found in such popular books as Martin Bernal's ''Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization''〔Mary R. Lefkowitz, Guy MacLean Rogers (eds.), ''Black Athena Revisited'', UNC Press Books, 1996, p. 358.〕 and George James's ''Stolen Legacy: Greek Philosophy Is Stolen Egyptian Philosophy''.〔(BOOKS ATTACKING AFROCENTRISM ), John Elson, ''Time'', Feb. 19, 1996〕 It is also a key source of a popular web of conspiracy theories positing a secret pagan subculture or Freemasons, devotees of Satan, and environmentalists dedicated to the overthrow of Christianity.〔(Great Awful Books ), Charles Paul Freund, Oct. 17, 1996, Slate〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sethos」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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