Iseion

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of Iseum. alt-of, alternative

    "In the Pharaonic times it was celebrated for the worship of Isis, Osiris, and their son Horus. Its ruins still attest the magnificence of its buildings but the Iseion... was built in the reign of the last Cleopatra..."

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"In the Pharaonic times it was celebrated for the worship of Isis, Osiris, and their son Horus. Its ruins still attest the magnificence of its buildings but the Iseion... was built in the reign of the last Cleopatra..."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἴσειον (Íseion), from Ἶσις (Îsis, “Isis”).

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