43 
invader ; and secondly, an application of these same myths to 
the reigning sovereign of Egypt, Ptolemy Csesarion,* and his 
mother Queen Cleopatra VI. as the goddess Isis; but into that 
division of the legend I do not propose to go, and indeed I shall 
do little more as regards the first section of this subject than 
quote a selection of extracts from the hieroglyphic texts, as the 
analogy of this part of the life of Horus with any doctrine of 
Christianity is not very marked. The titles and offices of his 
father having been related, and the subject of the whole text 
stated the justification of Horus against his enemies, Horus is 
then called “ Ilarhut, the great God, the Lord of heaven, the 
Lord of the Mesen, the shining light which beams in the horizon, 
the brave, the valiant one who has gone forth to destroy Set, the 
protector of his mother Isis.” He goes forth conquering and to 
conquer. He calls his servants to his allegiance. The gods 
applaud and strengthen him, and the god Thoth proclaims tu 
the people a festival in his behalf. “ A day of the festival of 
Horus the Lord of the country, the son of Isis the well-beloved, 
the Justified Lord, the child of Osiris, the son of Unnefer, who 
is powerful in all places whither he is found.”t The Horsheshu 
or servants of Horus, supposed by some writers to have been the 
primeval inhabitants of Egypt, join his army and co-operate in 
his successes. They ascribe glory to him as Horus, he who 
disperses Typhon from Egypt, the good guardian of the town 
of Sen,” whereupon he exclaims, “I pierce [the hearts] of thine 
[his father’s] enemies, I cut their bones, I break their backs, 
1 grind their flesh, I drink their poison, the arrow is fixed in 
their face, I have cloven the head of the hippopotamus.”]; Stand- 
ing in his boat and taking his lance in his hand, he descends 
along the river Nile, 'fighting his victor way from shore to shore. 
He boasts again and again, “ I have cut the heart of Baal at 
Edfu, I take the hearts of the adversaries, I drink the venom of 
the vanquished in the town, I open my throat against the 
euemies.”§ Let Typhon assume, Proteus like, whatever form he 
may, still he is fated to be overcome. Scene after scene of 
victory is thus represented, and at last the victory being con- 
summated, we are told in the text that the chief towns of Egypt 
(of which a list is given) “ rejoice themselves and are in happi- 
ness when they see the very beautiful temple which is made for 
Horus,thesonof Isis,whohasbuilt the great city.” || Thegoddesses 
Isis and Nepththys call to their priestesses and the people, say- 
It is uncertain which Ptolemy and Cleopatra are intended, the second 
cartouches being left blank. 
+ Naville, Texted relatifs cm Mijthe < Vlloni ••>', pi. i. p. !J. 
X pi. ii. § Thiil., pi. iv. || Thiil., pi. iv. 
