Osiris
Family: Egyptian · Role: god · First appears: Book 2 · §38–43
Life events
- Oros, son of Osiris, became the last god-king of Egypt.(Book 2 · §144–149 · 📍 Egypt)
- With: Apollo
- “and the last of them who was king over Egypt was Oros the son of Osiris, whom the Hellenes call Apollo: he was king over Egypt last”
- Osiris was identified with Dionysos in the Greek language.(Book 2 · §144–149)
Book 2 · §38–43
- with Dionysos (The Egyptians identify Osiris with Dionysos.) “except only Isis and Osiris (who they say is Dionysos), these they all reverence alike”
Book 2 · §144–149
- child: Apollo (Osiris is Oros's father.) “and the last of them who was king over Egypt was Oros the son of Osiris, whom the Hellenes call Apollo: he was king over Egypt last,”
- with Dionysos (The text identifies Osiris as Dionysos in Greek.) “Now Osiris in the tongue of Hellas is Dionysos.”
Book 2 · §150–156
- child: Apollo “Typhon came after him seeking everywhere and desiring to find the son of Osiris”
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Extracted from the original text of The Histories. Made with Rho MD.