In Greek mythology, Busiris (Ancient Greek: Βούσιρις) was the name shared by two figures:

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  1. ^ a b Apollodorus, 2.1.5
  2. ^ Tzetzes, Chiliades 7.37, p. 368-369
  3. ^ Scholia on Apollonius, Notes on Book 3.1689
  4. ^ "Clearly this former Busiris, for whom a different fate lies in store, is not to be identified with Heracles' adversary," Neall Livingstone remarks (2001:86); he notes, however, that Aegyptus is the son of Belus, who is given the same genealogy as that which Isocrates gives Busiris: a son of Poseidon and Libya, a personification of Libya.
  5. ^ Apollodorus, 2.5.11

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