400 THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS. CHAP. XIII. 



Osiris, the son of Seb ; and the connection of the 

 two Deities is confirmed by the name " Horapollo" 

 borne by individuals ; though it is true that this 

 might, with equal justice, apply to the elder as to 

 younger Horus. 



Plutarch *, on the authority of Manetho, says, 

 "The loadstone was called by the Egyptians the 

 bone of Horus (Orus), as iron was the bone of 

 Typho : " he also tellst us, that "the constellation 

 of Orion was sacred to Horus, as the Dog-star to 

 Isis;" and in another placet, he mentions the al- 

 legorical and fanciful notion of " Horus being of a 

 fair, as Typho was of a red, and Osiris of a black, 

 complexion.*' 



The same author states, that Horus signified that 

 just and seasonable temperature of the circum- 

 ambient air, which preserves and nourishes all 

 things §; and that the festival celebrated on the 

 30th day of Epii)hi, when the Sun and Moon were 

 supposed to be in the same right line with the 

 Earth, was called the birthday of Horus's eyes, — 

 both those bodies being looked upon equally as 

 the eyes or light of Horus. || This Deity was also 

 reputed to have instituted the sacrifice to the Sun, 

 which was celebrated on the 4th day of every 

 month in honour of that luminary; and Horapollo 

 even says that Horus was the Sun.^ 



It is scarcely necessary to observe, that the re- 

 mark of Suidas**, who says Horus was identical 



* Pint, de Is. s. 62. f Plut de Is. s. 22. 



t Plut. de Is. s. 22. § Plut. de Is. s. 8. 



II Plut. de Is. S.52. t Horapollo, i. 317. 

 ** Suidas, voc. JlpiaTros. 



