38 THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS. CHAP. XIII. 



Tafne, Tafnet, Dafne. 



This Goddess is represented with a lion's head, 

 and the globe and asp of the Sun, of whom she is 

 said to be the daughter ; or with a human head, 

 having the horns, feathers, and globe, which form 

 the head-dress of Athor. She held a conspicuous 

 place among the contemplar Deities of Thebes; 

 but I am not certain what peculiar office she bore, 

 nor to what Deity she corresponded in the Greek 

 Pantheon. She may be the same as the following 

 Goddess ; and the city of the Pelusiac Daphne * 

 was probably called after her, as well as the pre- 

 decessor of the modern Tofnees, in the Thebaid. 

 The latter town, which lies between Esneh and 

 the Gebelayn, is remarkable for its lofty mounds, 

 and appears to have been the Aphroditopolis of 

 Greek writers. 



Tafne is represented in the Oasis holding a bow 

 and arrow in her hand, with an eye on her head j 

 but this is of late time, and of unusual occurrence. 



Thriphis, Athribis. 



The Goddess Thriphis is mentioned in the Greek 

 dedications of the temples at Chemmis and Athri- 

 bis, as the contemplar companion of Khem ; and 

 from the conspicuous post there held by her, it is 

 evident that she was a Divinity of considerable 

 consequence. Her exact form and attributes, how- 



* Hcrodot. ii. 30. 107. Teliaphnclics, or Talipaiihcs, of S. S., and 

 Ta(l>vat of the Scptuagint. Vide Vol. I. p. 17G. 



