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 | | In Egyptian mythology, Sobek (also spelt Sebek,, Sochet, Sobk, Sobki, Soknopais, and in Greek, Suchos) was the crocodile-god who symbolized the fertility of the Nile River and the authority of the pharaohs. |
 | | Revered for ferocity and speed of movement, his cult originally flourished around El Faiyûm, where some temples still remain; the area was so associated with Sobek that one town, Arsinoe, was known to the Greeks as "Crocodilopolis". |
 | | In Arsinoe, they kept a live crocodile, which the greeks referred to as Petsuchos, meaning he of Suchos [i.e. |
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