CllVr. Xlir. MADE TO ACCOUI) WITH OSIRIS. 363 



Indeed, from what Plutarcli says, that Sarapis 

 answered to Osiris after he had clianged his nature, 

 (that is, when Judge of Amenti, or, as Diodorus 

 says, in the character of Pluto*,) and that Sara})is 

 was a name given to all persons after tlicir death t ; 

 it is evident that he was thought to resemble 

 Osiris, in his character of President of the Lower 

 Regions. But the mode of celebrating his worship 

 was repugnant to the religious scruples of the 

 Egyptians ; he was tlierefore kept distinct, and 

 refused a place amongst the Gods of their Pan- 

 theon. Tacitus+ tells us, that so great was the 

 difference of opinion respecting this Deity, that 

 some thought him to be yEsculapius, others Osiris, 

 others Jupiter, and others Pluto. According to 

 Macrobius§, " the Egyptian Sarapis being asked 

 who lie was, replied in these verses : — 



' Fajii ^eog roiog cc /^laOctv otov Kdyio ei~io' 

 Ovpnj'Log KOUjioQ Kf.<pa\i], yayrtjp ce ^aXaffffa, 

 Tula CB fioi TTOCff fieri, Ta C^ovara tv uiOepi KiLTui, 

 0/(/(«-£ Tr]\avyt(; XcifjTrpoj' (l)ao^ 7;fX(oio:' — 



from whicli it a})pcars that Sarapis and the Sun are 

 one and the same Deity;" and hence the formulas 

 of so many Greek dedications to this God, which 

 are inscribed, "To Phito, the Sun, the great Sa- 

 ra})is." 



Prichard supposes that " the rites of ^^scu- 

 lapius were borrowed by the Greeks from the 

 worship of the Egyptian Sarapis ;" " the same 

 animals, the Serpent and Cock," M'hich were 



* Diodor. i. 25. f I'idc supra, p. 316. 322. 325. 



X Tacit. Hist. lib. iv. 83. \ Macrob. Saturn, i. 25. 



