Plutarch On Isis and Osiris

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Plutarch On Isis and Osiris is an ancient philosophical and religious treatise in which the Greek writer Plutarch interprets the Egyptian myth of Isis and Osiris through a Hellenistic and allegorical lens.

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instanceOf Greek prose work ⓘ
Middle Platonist work ⓘ
ancient philosophical treatise ⓘ
religious treatise ⓘ
aimsTo reconcile Egyptian religion with Greek philosophy ⓘ
alsoKnownAs De Iside et Osiride ⓘ
approximateDate 1st century CE ⓘ
author Plutarch ⓘ
circulatedIn Byzantine scholarly tradition ⓘ
Late Antiquity ⓘ
compares Egyptian gods and Greek gods ⓘ
discusses cosmology ⓘ
divine providence ⓘ
good and evil ⓘ
nature of the soul ⓘ
field Egyptology (as early source) ⓘ
classical philosophy ⓘ
history of religions ⓘ
genre mythological commentary ⓘ
philosophical allegory ⓘ
religious exegesis ⓘ
hasForm continuous prose essay ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn Renaissance esoteric interpretations of Egypt ⓘ
modern studies of ancient mystery cults ⓘ
influencedBy Platonic philosophy ⓘ
Pythagorean ideas ⓘ
Stoic allegorical traditions ⓘ
intendedAudience educated Greek and Roman readers ⓘ
interprets Egyptian religious symbols ⓘ
myth of Isis and Osiris ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
mainSubject Egyptian mythology ⓘ
Egyptian religion ⓘ
Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
Isis ⓘ
Osiris ⓘ
allegorical interpretation of myth ⓘ
modernTitle On Isis and Osiris ⓘ
partOf Moralia ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Middle Platonism ⓘ
preservedIn manuscripts of Plutarch’s Moralia ⓘ
setting Greco-Roman world ⓘ
linked to: Classical antiquity
sourceFor Greek understanding of Egyptian religion ⓘ
later Neoplatonic interpretations of Egyptian myths ⓘ
treatsAsSymbol Isis as philosophical wisdom ⓘ
Osiris as rational principle ⓘ
Typhon as evil or disorder ⓘ
usesMethod allegorical interpretation ⓘ
comparative religion ⓘ
philosophical exegesis ⓘ
workForm treatise ⓘ

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Osiris myth → associatedText → Plutarch On Isis and Osiris ⓘ
murder of Osiris → describedIn → Plutarch's De Iside et Osiride ⓘ
linked to: Plutarch On Isis and Osiris
Plutarch On Isis and Osiris → modernTitle → On Isis and Osiris ⓘ
linked to: Plutarch On Isis and Osiris