Deity

Dionysos

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 Osiris, first attested 430 BCE.

Greek equivalent of

  • Osiris

    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, 42

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

      for not all the Egyptians equally reverence the same gods, except only Isis and Osiris (who they say is Dionysos), these they all reverence alike

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    2. Herodotus of Halicarnassus, Histories, c. 430 BCE — Book II, 144

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

      Now Osiris in the tongue of Hellas is Dionysos.

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