Meanings
- historicalA city of ancient Egypt, noted as a centre of worship of the goddess Bastet.
1891, Édouard Naville, Bubastis (1887-1889), Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., page 4, This explanation would apply particularly well to Bubastis, of which we know that it was besieged by the Persians, and that it was conquered in the wars of the time of Phocas.
- Egyptianhuman sciencesThe goddess Bastet.
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1861, Bubastis, entry in W. Smith (editor), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Volume 1, John Murray, page 515, But it seems more natural to suppose here, as in other instances of Egyptian religion, that the worship of Bubastis was originally the worship of the cat itself, which was subsequently refined into a mere symbol of the goddess. The fact that the ancients identify Bubastis with Artemis or Diana is to us a point of great difficulty, since the information we possess respecting the Egyptian goddess presents little or no resemblance between the two divinities.
Origin
Translations
French Boubastis, Tell Basta
- Boubastiscity of ancient Egypt
- Tell Bastacity of ancient Egypt
- Bastetgoddess Bastet
German Bubastis, Bastet
- Bubastiscity of ancient Egypt
- Bastetgoddess Bastet
Latin Bubastis, Bubastis
- Bubastiscity of ancient Egypt
- Bubastisgoddess Bastet
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