Bubastis
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Bubastis
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Borrowed from Latin Bubastis, from Βούβαστις (Boúbastis), from pr (“house”) + bꜣstt (“Bastet”).
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- A 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.
- The goddess Bastet. 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
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name city of ancient Egypt
| Français | Boubastis, Tell Basta |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Bubastis |
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