Akhenaton Quotes
Though thou art far away, thy rays are on Earth; Though thou art in their faces, no one knows thy going.
Citations
Akhenaton. "The Hymn to the Aton." Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament, edited by James B. Pritchard, translated by John A. Wilson, 3rd ed., Princeton UP, 1969, p. 370.
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Akhenaten (pronounced /ˌækəˈnɑːtən/), also spelled Echnaton, Akhenaton, Ikhnaton, and Khuenaten (Ancient Egyptian: ꜣḫ-n-jtn, meaning "Effective for the Aten"), was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh reigning c. 1353–1336 or 1351–1334 BC, the tenth ruler of the Eighteenth Dynasty. Before the fifth year of his reign, he was known as Amenhotep IV (Ancient Egyptian: jmn-ḥtp, meaning "Amun is satisfied", Hellenized as Amenophis IV).