Horapollo

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Horapollo is the supposed author of a treatise, titled Hieroglyphica, on Egyptian hieroglyphs, extant in a Greek translation by a Philippus .

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Horapollo: Egyptian hieroglyphs
Horapollo (from Horus Apollo; Ancient Greek: Ὡραπόλλων; fl. c. 5th century AD) is the supposed author of a treatise, titled Hieroglyphica, on Egyptian hieroglyphs, extant in a Greek translation by a Philippus (also dating to c. 5th century).
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Horapollo: Cracking Hieroglyphs
The only extensive discussion of hieroglyphs to survive into modern times was the Hieroglyphica, a work probably written in the fourth century AD and attributed to a man named Horapollo.
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