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| | p. a. piccione, history 270, "victory of horus," prologue |
 | | This particular production of the sacred drama, as recorded on the walls of Edfu Temple, was probably first performed sometime around 110 B.C., early in the reign of King Ptolemy IX (r. |
 | | Still, there is no doubt that the drama is based on earlier archetypes that extend far back into Egyptian history. |
 | | Description: The lector priest (not depicted) introduces the principal characters: the two falcon-headed deities, Horus Lord of Behdet, and Horus Lord of Mesen (not depicted); Isis, their mother; the ibis-headed god, Thoth; the King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Ptolemy IX ; and his mother, Queen Cleopatra III (not depicted). |
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