Deity

Apollo

The Greek god Herodotus names when he writes about the Egyptian one.

1 correspondence · 1 with an ancient or scriptural source · 0 without a cited source

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The oldest attribution here is Greek equivalent of Horus, first attested 430 BCE.

Greek equivalent of

  • Horus

    Traditional
    Who says so
    The Greek and Roman reading of Egypt (V BCE – IV CE)
    Earliest verified attestation
    430 BCE
    Ancient or scriptural source
    Attested
    Evidence
    The source states it

    Herodotus's own equation, in his own sentence. It is evidence of what a fifth-century Greek was told and understood, which is not the same thing as evidence of Egyptian theology.

    Evidence

    1. Herodotus of Halicarnassus, Histories, c. 430 BCE — Book II, 156

      Ancient primary · The History of Herodotus, translated by G. C. Macaulay

      and in the Egyptian tongue Apollo is Oros, Demeter is Isis, and Artemis is Bubastis.

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