Manetho composed the "Aegyptiaca" (History of Egypt) in which he divided the rulers into dynasties (or ruling families) which makes the footing of the modern organization of dating Ancient Egypt. We do not live his clean Egyptian name but it is much indicated that the name Manetho comes from the titles "beloved of
Thoth" "Truth of Thoth" or "Gift of Thoth" (although "Beloved of
Neith" or "Lover of Neith" are besides hinted along with the footing of "groom/horseherd" and the phrase "I have witnessed Thoth"). The earliest reference to his name is in the processes of
Josephus Flavius in which he is named Manethon.
It is loosely agreed that was born in Sebennytos (in the Delta) in the 3rd Century B.C. and was a Graeco-Egyptian priest in the Temple of Ra Heliopolis durting the resign of
Ptolemy I Soter and/or Ptolemy II Philadelphus. He had access to some sources which no longer exist (such as temple records), but likewise included legends and fanciful stories. As a result, you have to have some of his levels with a pinch of salt.
No full copies of Manetho's text rest, we only have short departments of text and a few characters in the writings of Josephus Flavius (basic century A.D.), Sextus Julius Africanus (third century A.D.), Eusebius of Cesarea (3rd/4rth century A.D) and George Syncellos (a Byzantine historian from the 8th century A.D). None of these textbooks are contemporary, and his writings were used and abused by scholars in a long running contention between proponents of Egyptian, Jewish and Greek histories tough over which civilization was the best and the oldest. As a result, our noesis of his original text is limited, and coloured by the feeling of the authors who concerned to him.
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