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| God Serapis |
The Hellenistic factors of Serapis prevail Serapis' (personality) and iconogrpahy. Many greek deities brought to his nature, taking on: Zeus, Helios, Dionysos, Hades and Aesculapius. From "Zeus" and "Helios" he taken the looks of reign and sun-deity. Dionysos brought to him the attribute of presiding over nature. Hades connected him to the hereafter and Aesculapius made him the art of healing. The Greek pictures of Serapis show him with long hair and a long beard. He is seated on a throne with the 3 headed dog of Hades, Cerberus, at his feet. The Egyptian images of the god present him as a mummified human with the bead of a bull. He is royal with the elliptical moon and two clothes.




