Articles relating to Serapis, his cult, and his depictions. He is a Graeco-Egyptian god. A syncretic deity derived from the worship of the Egyptian Osiris and Apis Serapis was extensively popularized in the third century BC on the orders of Greek Pharaoh Ptolemy I Soter, as a means to unify the Greek and Egyptian subjects of the Ptolemaic Kingdom.
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Pages in category "Serapis"
The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.