Egyptian deity

Bastet

Originally a lioness and protector of the king, softened over time into the cat she is now known as. Herodotus describes the festival at Bubastis as the largest and least sober in Egypt.

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 Artemis, first attested 430 BCE.

Greek equivalent

  • Artemis

    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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