Egyptian Deity — Minor Figures

4 figures from The Metamorphoses of Ovid who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Anubis

attendant of Isis · first appears Fable 82

• Fable 82 · with Isis “The horns of the moon were upon her forehead, with ears of corn with their bright golden colour, and the royal ornament {of the diadem}; with her was the barking Anubis,”

Apis

sacred bull · first appears Fable 82

• Fable 82 · with Isis “and the holy Bubastis,[67] and the particoloured Apis;[68]”

Bubastis

attendant of Isis · first appears Fable 82

• Fable 82 · with Isis “with her was the barking Anubis,[66] and the holy Bubastis,[67] and the particoloured Apis;”

Osiris

god · first appears Fable 82

• Fable 82 · with Isis “There were the sistra too, and Osiris,[70] never enough sought for; and the foreign serpent,[71] filled with soporiferous poison.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Metamorphoses of Ovid. Made with Rho MD.