Amentes
/əˈmɛn.tiːz/noun
A classical name used in English for the Egyptian underworld or realm of the dead.
Did you know?Amentes is related to Amenti, a Greek and Latin rendering of the Egyptian western realm associated with the setting sun, the dead, and Osiris.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Egyptian
Egyptian
Imentet
“The West; specifically, the western realm where the sun died and the dead were believed to dwell.”
Ptolemaic Period
Greek
Amenthes
“A Greek rendering used for the Egyptian region or kingdom of the dead.”
1st Century BCE–1st Century CE
Greek
Amente
“A form appearing in classical discussions of Egyptian funerary cosmology and the underworld.”
Late Antiquity
Latin
Amentes
“A Latinized form referring to the Egyptian underworld or land of the dead.”
16th–19th Century
English
Amentes
“An antiquarian and occult term for the Egyptian afterlife or underworld.”
Modern English
English
Amentes
“A rare proper name for the Egyptian underworld, chiefly encountered in mythology, Egyptology, and esoteric writing.”
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