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Serapis

deity intermediate Greco-Egyptian corroborated · 18

Serapis is an idol worshipped in a temple in Ashkelon.

↻ synthesized from 18 sources

When

First attested
350 BCE
Attested period
-350 – 2020
Historical notes
Appears on magical gems from late Antiquity in syncretic Egyptian-Greek religious context.

Relationships

co occurs with
Bath Nical, Khnum, Agathos Daimon, Knephis, Soknopis, Agathodaemon, Chnum, Aion, Nephthys, Bastet, Hesat, Hermanubis, Seker, Hapi, Mot, Huur, Spandaramet, Andjety, Aqen, Assessors of Maat, Duamutef, Imset, Kherty, Medjed, Wepwawet, Osiris-Dionysus, Hygieia, Grannus, Sirona, Mother of the Gods, Core, Mars Sagatus, Aphrodite, Anubis, Set, Eros, Heru-pa-Khered, Bubastis, Sol Invictus, Horus the Child, Castor, Pollux, Luna, Juno Dolichena, Hathor, Mnevis, Buchis, Cybele, Dionysus, Demeter, Nehebkau, Qebehsenuef, Resheph, Nemty, Neferhotep, Jupiter Ammon, Ihy, Panebtawy, Ra-Horakhty, Kothar-wa-Khasis, Mehen, Shepsy, Iah, Shezmu, Nebnerou, Peteese, Pihor, Ruty, Shemanefer, Sah, Kolanthes, Irer, Sedjem, Igai, Ḥutchai, Qebui, Shehbui, Khenti-kheti, Petbe, Rem, Rekhyt, Sepa, Maga, Imsety, Kemwer, Khenti-Amentiu, Khesfu, Kneph, Mau, Nefer Hor, Nekheny, Pataikos, Sahekek, Sebeg, Sed, Sekhemus, Sepes, Septu, Seta-Ta, Setcheh, Setem, Sed, Ptah, Apis, Osorapis, Harpocrates, Osiris, Horus, Sothis, Sopdet, Orpheus, Selene, Endymion, Bel, Nishra, Nebo, Atargatis, Hermes, Aker, Ra, Diana, Sol, Apollo, Bat, Mandulis, Sebiumeker
parent of
Anubis, Horus
syncretized with
Shai, Isis, Hades, Demeter, Dionysus, Osiris, Apis, Osorapis, Tyrian Heracles, Userhapi, Endovelicus
allied with
Jupiter Dolichenus, Isis
serves
Cerberus
consort of
Isis
manifested by
Osiris-Apis

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Mentioned by

and 1 more

Sources

wikipedia (16)
  1. Nasr (deity)
  2. Agathodaemon
  3. List of death deities
  4. Anubis
  5. Hermanubis
  6. Grannus
  7. Harpocrates
  8. Jupiter Dolichenus
  9. Isis
  10. Apis (deity)
  11. Sebeg
  12. Serapis
  13. List of Greek deities
  14. Opening of the Year Festival
  15. Orpheus Monument
  16. Serapeum
encyclopedia (2)
  1. Almagest (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed
  2. Apis (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed

Source passages

“the temple of Serapis in Ashkelon”

#3742 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“a gem carved with magic emblems bears the images of Serapis with crocodile, sun-lion and Osiris mummy surrounded by the lion-headed snake Chnum–Agathodaemon–Aion, with Harpocrates on the reverse”

#9057 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Serapis, Graeco-Egyptian syncretistic deity, combining elements of Osiris, the Apis Bull, Hades, Demeter, and Dionysus. Also, patron of the Ptolemaic Kingdom and Alexandria”

#12228 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“In later periods, particularly during the Ptolemaic era, Anubis was sometimes described as the son of Isis and Serapis, a Hellenized form of Osiris designed to appeal to Egypt's growing Greek population.”

#14191 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Serapis”

#14403 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001