…The sphere of influence of the Gharbiya Desert was the oases of Siwa, al-Baḥrīya, al-Farāfira, al-Dākhila, al-Khārija, and Kharga, the Lower Nubia between the First and Second Catacombs, the Red Sea coast, and the Sinai Peninsula, which roughly corresponds to the present Arab Republic of Egypt. The name Egypt is a corruption of the Greek name Aigyptos, which is thought to have come from the other name for the ancient city of Memphis, Ḥut-ka-Ptaḥ. The ancient Egyptians called their country Kemet (meaning the land of the black earth as opposed to the red desert) and Ta-wi (meaning the two countries of Upper and Lower Egypt). … From Danaus…the eponym of the Danauians, a general term for Greeks or a subgroup of Greeks. He was the son of Belos and the twin brother of Aigyptos, king of Egypt. Danaus, who was given the kingdom of Libya by his father, had 50 daughters (Danaides), but he fought with Aigyptus, who also had 50 sons, and fled to Argos in Greece, where he became king. *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Aigyptos" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…古くよりガルビーヤ砂漠中のオアシス(シワSiwa,バフリーヤal‐Baḥrīya,ファラーフィラal‐Farāfira,ダーヒラal‐Dākhila,ハーリジャ(カルガ)al‐Khārija,Khargaの各オアシス),第1・第2急湍間の下ヌビア,紅海沿岸,シナイ半島を勢力圏とし,この地域は現在のエジプト・アラブ共和国にほぼ対応する。エジプトという名称は,古都メンフィスの別名フウト・カ・プタハḤut‐ka‐Ptaḥに由来するとみられるギリシア名アイギュプトスAigyptosの転訛である。古代エジプト人は自国のことをケメトKemet(〈赤い〉砂漠に対する〈黒い〉土の国の意),タ・ウイTa‐wi(上エジプトと下エジプトの〈二つの国〉の意)などと呼んだ。… 【ダナオス】より…ギリシア人の総称またはその一部を指すダナオイ人の名祖。ベロスBēlosの子で,エジプト王アイギュプトスAigyptosとは双子の兄弟。父からリビアの王国を与えられたダナオスは50人の娘(ダナイデスDanaides)をもうけたが,同じく50人の息子をもつアイギュプトスと争い,娘たちを引き連れてギリシアのアルゴスに逃れ,同地の王となった。… ※「Aigyptos」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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