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SARAPIS.
SARAPIS. Egyptian god prominent during the Graeco-Roman Period.
The name seems to have been derived from Osiris Apis, the deceased
form of the Apis bull worshipped at Memphis. The deity was
adopted by Ptolemy I and depicted with Greek features as a bearded
man similar to the Greek god Zeus but with attributes derived from
other Greek gods, like Dionysius and Aesculapius. Sarapis was promoted
to the head of the Egyptian pantheon and considered the husband
of Isis. He was regarded as a god of fertility and healing
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