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Διός. Originally a local god, Amon became, with the rise of Thebes, the great god of Egypt, and was identified with the sun, as Amon RA. The Greeks therefore naturally called him ‘Zeus’, and this was the more easy as the ram was sacred to Zeus (cf. Farnell, G. C. i. 94-5). From his oracle at Thebes, which was itself of little importance, was derived that of Zeus Ammon in the oasis of Siwah (cc. 32 n., 55).

For Amon's temple at Thebes cf. 143 n. He is occasionally represented as κριοπρόσωπος (cf. Perrot et Chipiez, i. 395), but it is not his usual form.

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