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honored especially by the Egyptians, from whom the city of Pan is named. And when he was around Ta2.1.11phosiris, the race of Satyrs was brought to him. And being a lover of the Muses, he led about a multitude of musicians, among whom were nine maidens able to sing and educated in other things, who are called Muses among the Greeks, whose leader was 2.1.12 Apollo. And since every nation welcomed Osiris as a god on account of his 2.1.13 benefactions, he left memorials of himself everywhere. And he also founded not a 2.1.14 few cities among the Indians. And he went over the other nations in Phrygia and crossed the Hellespont into Europe. And he left his son Macedon as king of Macedonia, and to Triptolemus he entrusted 2.1.15 the agriculture of Attica. And after these things, having passed from men to gods, he received from Isis and Hermes sacred rites and the other most conspicuous honors among the gods. And they also instituted ceremonies and introduced many things 2.1.16 about him in a mystical way. But he was slain by Typhon his brother, who was wicked and impious; who, having divided the body of the murdered one into twenty-six parts, gave to each of his fellow-conspirators a portion, 2.1.17 wishing all to share in the pollution. But Isis, being the sister and wife of Osiris, avenged the murder, with the help of her son Horus. And having slain Typhon and his accomplices near the 2.1.18 village now called Antaeus, she became queen of Egypt. And having found all the parts of the body except for the genitals of Osiris, they say that for each part she molded a human-shaped figure, similar in size to Osiris, out of spices and wax, and gave them to the priests throughout all of Egypt to honor. And she consecrated also one of the animals that were among them, 2.1.19 whichever one they might wish. And the sacred bulls, the one called Apis and the one called Mnevis, were consecrated to Osiris, and it was publicly decreed for all Egyptians to worship these as gods; for these animals had assisted the discoverers of the fruit of the grain with the sowing and the common agricultures. And Isis 2.1.20 swore to accept the company of no man any longer; and she herself, having passed from among men, received immortal honors and was buried at Memphis. 2.1.21 So, they say that the recovered parts of Osiris were deemed worthy of burial in the aforementioned manner; but the genital, they say, was thrown into the river by Typhon, but by Isis was deemed worthy of honors equal to the gods, no less than the other parts. 2.1.22 For in the temples she, having fashioned an image of it, instituted honors and ceremonies and made the sacrifices offered to this god most honorable. Therefore the Greeks also, who received from Egypt the orgiastic rites and the Dionysiac festivals, honor this member in the mysteries and in the 2.1.23 ceremonies and sacrifices of this god, calling it the phallus. But those who say that the god was born in Boeotian Thebes from Semele and Zeus are fabricating. For Orpheus, having gone to Egypt and partaken of the ceremony and the Dionysiac mysteries, being a friend to the Cadmeans and honored by them, transferred the birth of the god to them as a favor, and the crowds, partly through ignorance, and partly because they wished the god to be called a Greek, gladly accepted the ceremonies and the 2.1.24 mysteries. And Orpheus had the following starting points for the transfer of the god's birth and ceremony: Cadmus, being from Egyptian Thebes, begot Semele along with other children; and she, having been violated by someone or other, became pregnant and, after seven months had passed, gave birth to a child, just as the people in 2.1.25 Egypt believe Osiris to have been born; and Cadmus, when the infant died, encased it in gold and made the appropriate sacrifices to it, and he attributed the birth to Zeus, thus dignifying Osiris and removing the slander from the violated girl. Wherefore also among the Greeks the story was published that Cad2.1.26mus's daughter Semele bore from

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διαφερόντως ὑπ' Αἰγυπτίων τιμώμενον, οὗ καὶ ἐπώνυμον εἶναι τὴν Πανὸς πόλιν. ὄντι δὲ αὐτῷ περὶ τὴν Τα2.1.11 φόσιριν ἀχθῆναι τὸ τῶν Σατύρων γένος. φιλόμουσον δὲ ὄντα περιάγειν πλῆθος μουσουργῶν, ἐν οἷς παρθένους ἐννέα δυναμένας ᾄδειν καὶ τἆλλα πεπαιδευμένας, τὰς παρὰ τοῖς Ἕλλησιν ὀνομαζομένας Μούσας, ὧν ἡγεῖσθαι τὸν 2.1.12 Ἀπόλλωνα. παντὸς δὲ ἔθνους ὡς θεὸν ἀποδεχομένου τὸν Ὄσιριν διὰ τὰς 2.1.13 εὐεργεσίας πανταχοῦ μνημεῖα ἑαυτοῦ καταλιπεῖν. κτίσαι δὲ καὶ πόλεις οὐκ 2.1.14 ὀλίγας ἐν Ἰνδοῖς. ἐπελθεῖν δὲ καὶ τὰ ἄλλα τὰ κατὰ τὴν Φρυγίαν ἔθνη καὶ περαιωθῆναι κατὰ τὸν Ἑλλήσποντον εἰς τὴν Εὐρώπην. καὶ Μακεδόνα μὲν τὸν υἱὸν ἀπολιπεῖν βασιλέα τῆς Μακεδονίας, Τριπτολέμῳ δὲ ἐπιτρέψαι 2.1.15 τὰς κατὰ τὴν Ἀττικὴν γεωργίας. καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἐξ ἀνθρώπων εἰς θεοὺς μεταστάντα τυχεῖν ὑπὸ Ἴσιδος καὶ Ἑρμοῦ ἱερῶν καὶ τῶν ἄλλων τῶν ἐπιφανεστάτων ἐν θεοῖς τιμῶν. τούτους δὲ καὶ τελετὰς καταδεῖξαι καὶ πολλὰ 2.1.16 περὶ αὐτοῦ μυστικῶς εἰσηγήσασθαι. ἀναιρεθῆναι δὲ αὐτὸν ὑπὸ Τυφῶνος τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ, πονηροῦ καὶ ἀσεβοῦς ὄντος· ὃν διελόντα τὸ σῶμα τοῦ φονευθέντος εἰς ἓξ καὶ εἴκοσι μέρη δοῦναι τῶν συνεπιτιθεμένων ἑκάστῳ μερίδα, 2.1.17 βουλόμενον ἅπαντας μετασχεῖν τοῦ μύσους. τὴν δὲ Ἶσιν ἀδελφὴν οὖσαν Ὀσίριδος καὶ γυναῖκα μετελθεῖν τὸν φόνον, συναγωνιζομένου τοῦ παιδὸς αὐτῆς Ὥρου. ἀνελοῦσαν δὲ τὸν Τυφῶνα καὶ τοὺς συμπράξαντας παρὰ τὴν 2.1.18 νῦν Ἀνταίου κώμην καλουμένην βασιλεῦσαι τῆς Αἰγύπτου. εὑροῦσαν δὲ πάντα τὰ μέρη τοῦ σώματος πλὴν τῶν αἰδοίων τοῦ Ὀσίριδος ἑκάστῳ μέρει περιπλάσαι λέγουσιν αὐτὴν τύπον ἀνθρωποειδῆ, παραπλήσιον Ὀσίριδι τὸ μέγεθος, ἐξ ἀρωμάτων καὶ κηροῦ καὶ παραδοῦναι τοῖς ἱερεῦσι καθ' ὅλης τῆς Αἰγύπτου τιμᾶν. καθιερῶσαι δὲ καὶ τῶν γινομένων παρ' αὐτοῖς ζῴων ἓν 2.1.19 ὁποῖον ἂν βουληθῶσιν. τοὺς δὲ ταύρους τοὺς ἱερούς, τόν τε ὀνομαζόμενον Ἆπιν καὶ τὸν Μνεῦιν, Ὀσίριδι καθιερωθῆναι, καὶ τούτους σέβεσθαι καθάπερ θεοὺς κοινῇ καταδειχθῆναι πᾶσιν Αἰγυπτίοις· ταῦτα γὰρ τοῖς εὑροῦσι τὸν τοῦ σίτου καρπὸν συνεργῆσαι πρὸς τὸν σπόρον καὶ τὰς κοινὰς γεωργίας. ὀμόσαι 2.1.20 δὲ τὴν Ἶσιν μηδενὸς ἀνδρὸς ἔτι συνουσίαν προσδέξασθαι· μεταστᾶσαν δὲ καὶ αὐτὴν ἐξ ἀνθρώπων τυχεῖν ἀθανάτων τιμῶν καὶ ταφῆναι κατὰ τὴν Μέμφιν. 2.1.21 τὰ μὲν οὖν ἀνευρεθέντα τοῦ Ὀσίριδος μέρη ταφῆς ἀξιωθῆναί φασι τὸν εἰρημένον τρόπον· τὸ δὲ αἰδοῖον ὑπὸ μὲν Τυφῶνος εἰς τὸν ποταμὸν ῥιφῆναι λέγουσιν, ὑπὸ δὲ τῆς Ἴσιδος οὐδὲν ἧττον τῶν ἄλλων ἀξιωθῆναι τιμῶν ἰσοθέων. 2.1.22 ἔν τε γὰρ τοῖς ἱεροῖς εἴδωλον αὐτοῦ κατασκευάσασαν τιμὰς καταδεῖξαι καὶ τελετὰς καὶ τὰς θυσίας τὰς τῷ θεῷ τούτῳ γινομένας ἐντιμοτάτας ποιῆσαι. διὸ καὶ τοὺς Ἕλληνας ἐξ Αἰγύπτου παρειληφότας τὰ περὶ τοὺς ὀργιασμοὺς καὶ τὰς ∆ιονυσιακὰς ἑορτὰς τιμᾶν τοῦτο τὸ μόριον ἐν τοῖς μυστηρίοις καὶ ταῖς 2.1.23 τοῦ θεοῦ τούτου τελεταῖς τε καὶ θυσίαις, ὀνομάζοντας αὐτὸ φαλλόν. τοὺς δὲ λέγοντας ἐν Θήβαις ταῖς Βοιωτικαῖς γεγονέναι τὸν θεὸν ἐκ Σεμέλης καὶ ∆ιὸς σχεδιάζειν. Ὀρφέα γὰρ εἰς Αἴγυπτον παραβαλόντα καὶ μετασχόντα τῆς τελετῆς καὶ τῶν ∆ιονυσιακῶν μυστηρίων μεταλαβεῖν τοῖς τε Καδμείοις φίλον ὄντα καὶ τετιμημένον ὑπ' αὐτῶν μεταθεῖναι τοῦ θεοῦ τὴν γένεσιν ἐκείνοις χαριζόμενον, τοὺς δὲ ὄχλους τὰ μὲν διὰ τὴν ἄγνοιαν, τὰ δὲ διὰ τὸ βούλεσθαι τὸν θεὸν Ἕλληνα ὀνομάζεσθαι προσδέξασθαι προσηνῶς τὰς τελετὰς καὶ τὰ 2.1.24 μυστήρια. ἀφορμὰς δὲ ἔχειν τὸν Ὀρφέα πρὸς τὴν μετάθεσιν τῆς τοῦ θεοῦ γενέσεως καὶ τελετῆς τοιαύτας· Κάδμον ἐκ Θηβῶν ὄντα τῶν Αἰγυπτίων γεννῆσαι σὺν ἄλλοις τέκνοις καὶ Σεμέλην· ταύτην δὲ ὑφ' ὅτου δήποτε φθαρεῖσαν ἔγκυον γενέσθαι καὶ τεκεῖν ἑπτὰ μηνῶν διελθόντων βρέφος οἷόν περ οἱ κατ' 2.1.25 Αἴγυπτον τὸν Ὄσιριν γεγονέναι νομίζουσιν· τὸν δὲ Κάδμον τελευτῆσαν τὸ βρέφος χρυσῶσαι καὶ τὰς καθηκούσας αὐτῷ ποιήσασθαι θυσίας, ἀνάψαι δὲ καὶ τὴν γένεσιν εἰς ∆ία, σεμνύνοντα τὸν Ὄσιριν καὶ τῆς φθαρείσης τὴν διαβολὴν ἀφαιρούμενον. διὸ καὶ παρὰ τοῖς Ἕλλησιν ἐκδοθῆναι λόγον ὡς ἡ Κάδ2.1.26 μου θυγάτηρ Σεμέλη τέτοκεν ἐκ