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Περὶ Ἴσιδος και Ὀσίριδος

Περὶ Ἴσιδος και Ὀσίριδος Plutarch
9 Moreover, most people believe that Amoun is the name given to Zeus in the land of the Egyptians, Cf. Herodotus, ii. 42. a name which we, with a slight alteration, pronounce Ammon. But Manetho of Sebennytus thinks that the meaning concealed or concealment lies in this word. Hecataeus Cf. Diels, Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, Hecataeus (60), No. B, 8. of Abdera, however, says that the Egyptians use this expression one to another whenever they call to anyone, for the word is a form of address. When they, therefore, address the supreme god, whom they believe to be the same as the Universe, as if he were invisible and concealed, and implore him to make himself visible and manifest to them, they use the word Amoun; so great, then, was the circumspection of the Egyptians in their wisdom touching all that had to do wTith the gods.

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