Collected Works of Xenophon

...to come to us up to this point, and for this reason [they are] so honored, as if [a] foresight of their power. And the nature of the beasts around the land is handed down in this way. For regarding the land and the Egyptian religion, in which we [consider] the king god-like, and it did not pass, we ought to [consider] also the opinions and the hopes of the men? in no other way. For it is especially the same; for the ancients mythologize that [they] call the greatest type in life many things for us because of the glory regarding the honor of the gods. Some [say] Isis, others [say] Isis, others [say] light, others [say] tribute, others [say] Libya, others [say] Ammon, others [say] Pan, others [say] lightning. But Osiris, some [say] Cronus, others [say] Dionysus, others [say] Pluto, others [say] Ammon, and to the sun. And many say [it] mixed, [in] judgment. Thus [they] honor the one considered Pluto by the Greeks. And the Egyptians say [that] pharmacy was found by Chiron, and [they] mention the experience of the medical science of the black [land, i.e., Egypt]. Therefore they honor immortality. [It] is a lesson [for us] to rejoice in the healings. Or also from the ornaments given to those who ask. And [they] clearly show the orbit of the sun and the hollowed-out sanctuary of the temple as a symbol. And they bring [proofs] in writings according to the myths, and likewise the sun, together with the action clearly. For we all see, witnessing to them in common, that through this [the] honor [is] held in high regard. Again to the gods, which is the moon. For it holds the air, and the bodies sprout, and the generations of the animals toward the halts. And her

circle, paradoxically to us. And therefore they blame many of the changes of the body. And the self-generation [is] to mark the beginning? of this. The sun [is] fire because of the stations on the paths in another part of the body. For the one [who] positions [it] according to the pre-existing orbit [is] restored. And [it] was found even in the spiritual medicines, not the molar tooth, which [is] to establish the uprightness of men and the dead. For the honor seems to be an accurate measure. But also the breaths which are called [such]. And it seems to them the one [is] this, and the reason. And after this [they] went toward Osiris [with] upright paths. And they say [that] Ammon is honored, inasmuch as [he] learned many and ancient [things], both medicine and divination, under the mother Isis. For this reason [the] god is also a benefactor to us, [with] the law of humans. And the priests of the temple calculate the kings from the sun until the dynasty of Alexander [in] years. For they say they use three thousand [laws]. And they mythologize [that] the god [used] the most ancient and rich [things] and [used them] because of the peculiar ornament. And [they] say [he] complained of three. For [he] called [it] a flatterer, [and] three [as] the world. This [is] the faith, not for the multitudes to know the whole for a time. That the ancient [movement] of the period did not begin so; the sun. [It] happens according to the period of the moon. To make the year. Wherefore [they calculate] the year [in] three...