C2 THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS. CHAP. XIII. 



the Itinerary places it only on the western bank, 

 and that it was confined to the Necropolis ; bnt 

 the frequent occurrence of the name on either side 

 of the river leaves no doubt of the city of Thebes 

 being all called Tape. The title which follows the 

 name, *' land of thrones," probably refers to its 

 being the royal seat from olden times, as well as 

 the capital of Upper Egypt. 



Of Pathyris, the western portion of Thebes, I 

 have already spoken. * 



Tentyris, Tentore. 



Other cities as well as Thebes had their pecu- 

 liar Genius ; and so subtle, as I have already shown, 

 were the divisions of the Divine Spirit which was 

 thought to pervade the universe, that every month 

 and day, as Herodotus observes t, were consecrated 

 to a particular Deity; or, more properly speaking, 

 every month, day, and hour had its own Genius or 

 Spirit, which was looked upon as a divine eman- 

 ation. It was according to the favourable or un- 

 favourable influence of these, that they predicted 

 concerning the future events of the life of an indi- 

 vidual from the day of his birtli : '* his good or bad 

 fortune were thence foretold, as well as the part 

 he was about to })erform in after life, and the sort 

 of death which would terminate his career." t We 

 are therefore not surprised to find every city of 

 Egypt with its peculiar Genius, as well as a pre- 



* Siipro, Vol. 1. (-^il Scries) p. 387. f llerodot. ii. 8^. 



% llc'iodot. loc. cit. 



