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Today it is a pleasure to share selections from “The History of Isis and Osiris,” explanations by Plutarch (vegetarian), as recorded in the book “Legends of the Gods” by E. A. Wallis Budge. Here Plutarch details Osiris’s mortal life, including His destiny foretold at birth, His benevolent and wise reign, and finally, to Typhon’s betrayal. The History of Isis and Osiris, Section 12 “[…] They say, Osiris was born, and as He came into the world a voice was heard saying, ‘The Lord of All is born.’ Some relate the matter in a different way, and say that a certain person named Pamyles, as he was fetching water from the temple of Dios at Thebes, heard a voice commanding him to proclaim aloud that the good and great King Osiris was then born, and that for this reason Kronos committed the education of the child to him, and that in memory of this event the Pamylia were afterward instituted, which closely resemble the Phallephoria or Priapeia of the Greeks. Upon the second of these days was born Haroeris, whom some call Apollo, and others the Elder Horus. Upon the third day Typhon was born, who came into the world neither at the proper time nor by the right way, but he forced a passage through a wound which he made in his mother’s side. Upon the fourth day Isis was born, in the marshes of Egypt, and upon the fifth day Nephthys, whom some call Teleute, or Aphrodite, or Nike, was born. […]” Section 13 “Osiris having become King of Egypt, applied Himself to civilizing His countrymen by turning them from their former indigent and barbarous course of life. He taught them how to cultivate and improve the fruits of the earth, and He gave them a body of laws whereby to regulate their conduct, and instructed them in the reverence and worship which they were to pay to the gods. With the same good disposition He afterward traveled over the rest of the world, inducing the people everywhere to submit to His discipline, not indeed compelling them by force of arms, but persuading them to yield to the strength of His reasons, which were conveyed to them in the most agreeable manner, in hymns and songs, accompanied with instruments of music. From this last circumstance the Greeks identified Him with their Dionysos, or Bacchus. During the absence of Osiris from His kingdom, Typhon had no opportunity of making any innovations in the state, Isis being extremely vigilant in the government, and always upon Her guard. After His return, however, having first persuaded seventy-two other people to join with him in the conspiracy, together with a certain Queen of Ethiopia called Aso, who chanced to be in Egypt at that time, he formed a crafty plot against Him. […]”
