Egyptian deity

Amun

His name means the hidden one, and he rose from a local Theban god to the state god of an empire, fused with Ra as Amun-Ra. The priesthood of Karnak became a political power in its own right.

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 Zeus, first attested 430 BCE.

Greek equivalent

  • Zeus

    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

      and in my opinion it is from this god that the Ammonians took the name which they have, for the Egyptians call Zeus Amun.

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