| 1. Plautus, Casina, 644 (3rd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •isis, mother of apis Found in books: Griffiths (1975) 208 |
| 2. Plautus, Menaechmi, 987 (3rd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •isis, mother of apis Found in books: Griffiths (1975) 208 |
| 3. Plautus, Miles Gloriosus, 613 (3rd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •isis, mother of apis Found in books: Griffiths (1975) 208 |
4. Diodorus Siculus, Historical Library, 1.85.5 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •isis, mother of apis Found in books: Griffiths (1975) 220 | 1.85.5. but some say that when Osiris died at the hands of Typhon Isis collected the members of his body and put them in an ox (bous), made of wood covered over with fine linen, and because of this the city was called Bousiris. Many other stories are told about the Apis, but we feel that it would be a long task to recount all the details regarding them. |
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5. Strabo, Geography, 17.1.31 Tagged with subjects: •isis, mother of apis Found in books: Griffiths (1975) 220 | 17.1.31. Memphis itself also, the residence of the kings of Egypt, is near, being only three schoeni distant from the Delta. It contains temples, among which is that of Apis, who is the same as Osiris. Here the ox Apis is kept in a sort of sanctuary, and is held, as I have said, to be a god. The forehead and some other small parts of its body are white; the other parts are black. By these marks the fitness of the successor is always determined, when the animal to which they pay these honours dies. In front of the sanctuary is a court, in which there is another sanctuary for the dam of Apis. . Into this court the Apis is let loose at times, particularly for the purpose of exhibiting him to strangers. He is seen through a door in the sanctuary, and he is permitted to be seen also out of it. After he has frisked about a little in the court, he is taken back to his own stall.The temple of Apis is near the Hephaesteium (or temple of Vulcan); the Hephaesteium itself is very sumptuously constructed, both as regards the size of the naos and in other respects. In front of the Dromos is a colossal figure consisting of a single stone. It is usual to celebrate bull-fights in this Dromos; the bulls are bred expressly for this purpose, like horses. They are let loose, and fight with one another, the conqueror receiving a prize.At Memphis also there is a temple of Venus, who is accounted a Grecian deity. But some say that it is a temple dedicated to Selene, or the moon. |
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| 6. Julianus The Theurgist, Oracula Chaldaica, 2.153 Tagged with subjects: •isis, mother of apis Found in books: Griffiths (1975) 220 |
