Pausanias' Description of Greece

Serapis

Role: god · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 18

Life events

  • The Athenians introduced the worship of Serapis to please Ptolemy.(Book 1 · Chapter 18 · 📍 temple of Serapis)

Book 1 · Chapter 18

  • with Ptolemy (Serapis patron, ch018) (The Athenians introduced the worship of Serapis to please Ptolemy.) “the temple of Serapis, whose worship the Athenians introduced to please Ptolemy.”

Book 4 · Chapter 32

  • with Isis (They share a temple.) “And not far from the theatre is the temple of Serapis and Isis.”

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