Amon
deity sky African single tradition · 3
An Egyptian deity equated by Herodotus with the Greek god Zeus. This equivalence endured into the Hellenistic era, establishing a lasting Greco-Egyptian religious correspondence.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Amon is an ancient Egyptian deity.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Apedemak, Arensnuphis, Dedun, Mandulis, Mehit, Menhit, Sebiumeker, Mars, Ares, Jupiter, Dionysus, Heracles, Osiris, Hephaestus, Janus, Hercules, Hestia, Ptah, Api, Tabiti, Papaios, Argimpasa, Terminus, Her[e]cle, Aphrodite Urania, *Dyēus, Shu, Heryshaf, Oggar, Zehuti, Anpu, Menthu, Set, Horus, Thoth, Mehen, Blaze, Heru, Aton, Kianda, Musisi, Owuo, Ngai, Ogboinba, Wulbari, Ajok, Adroa, Adroanzi, Nyasaye, Were Khakaba, Zombi, Neiterkob, Kabundungulu, Kalunga-Ngombé, Kimanaueze, Kishi, Sudika-Mbambi, Amesemi, Gaia, Apollo
- syncretized with
- Zeus
Mentioned by
- Kianda
- Musisi
- Owuo
- Ngai
- Ogboinba
- Wulbari
- Ajok
- Adroa
- Adroanzi
- Nyasaye
- Were Khakaba
- Zombi
- Neiterkob
- Kabundungulu
- Kalunga-Ngombé
- Kimanaueze
and 5 more
Sources
Source passages
“Amon”
#2685 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“In his observations regarding the Egyptians, he establishes Greco-Egyptian equivalents that endured into the Hellenistic era, including Amon/Zeus”
#25306 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“the stamina of Shu, the swiftness of Heru (Horus), the strength of Amon, the wisdom of Zehuti (Thoth), the power of Aton, and the courage of Mehen”
#40564 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001