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-	'''Busiris''' is the [[Ancient Greek language|Greek]] name of a place in [[Egypt]], which in [[Egyptian language|Egyptian]] was named ''[[wikt:ḏdw|ḏdw]]'' (pronounced ''Djedu''). The location was an important [[necropolis]] and a centre for the cult of [[Osiris]], hence name ''Busiris''. The word ''Busiris'' was also used to refer to ''chief god of Busiris'', an attribute of Osiris.	+
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-	In [[Greek mythology]], [[Isocrates]], in his witty declamation ''Busiris'' recounts "the false tale of Heracles and Busiris" (11.30–11.40), which was a comic subject represented almost entirely in the repertory of early 5th century BC Athenian vase-painters: the theme has a narrow narrative range, according to Niall Livingstone: [[Heracles]] being led to sacrifice; his escape; the killing of Busiris; the rout of his entourage.	+
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-	The brief synopses concerning Busiris in pseudo-Apollodorus' ''[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Bibliotheke]]'' are at II.1.5 and II.5.11: Busiris there is one of the fifty sons of [[Aegyptus]], betrothed to a [[Danaus|Danaid]]. In Isocrates' rhetorical use of a theme that he considers unworthy of serious treatment, the villainous king of [[Egypt]] named Busiris, a son of [[Poseidon]] and '''Anippe''', daughter of the river-god [[Nilus (mythology)|Nilus]], was the ancient founder of [[Pharaonic Egypt|Egyptian civilization]], with an imagined "model constitution" that Isocrates sets up as a parodic contrast to the ''[[Republic (Plato)|Republic]]'' by [[Plato]]. The monstrous Busiris sacrificed all visitors to his gods. Heracles defied him, broke his shackles at the last minute and killed Busiris.	+
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-	In Didorus Siculus, Busiris appears as the founder of the line of kings at Thebes, which historically would have been the [[11th Dynasty]].	+
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-	This part of the mythology concerning Herakles appears to have origins in a corruption of an Egyptian myth concerning Osiris' sacrifice by [[Set (god)|Set]], and subsequent resurrection (see [[Legend of Osiris and Isis]]). <!--cite needed for "annual" for the following text to be relevant:The annual sacrifice appears to be a Greek metaphor, representing the apparent freezing of the sun's path, on its ecliptic, during the two weeks after the solstice (its being bound), and its near sacrifice (i.e. the solstice itself).-->	+
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-	The fictional king Busiris also appears, as the leader of a revolt, in the ironically-titled ''[[True History]]'' (2.23) by [[Lucian]], written in the 2nd century CE.	+
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-	In ''[[Paradise Lost]]'', [[John Milton]] uses "Busiris" as the name of the [[Pharaoh of the Exodus]], which suggests a comparison between Heracles' escape and the [[Israelites]]' escape from slavery.	+
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-	*Livingstone, Niall ''"A Commentary on Isocrates' Busiris"'' (Brill) 2001. The first scholarly commentary devoted to ''Busiris''.	+
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