Source
classical
Aelian (De Natura Animalium xi. 10), Pliny (Nat. Hist. viii. 72), Strabo (xvii. 31) and Diodorus (i. 85), cited by Budge at second hand and genuinely not archived here. Greek and Roman observers of a foreign cult — good on procedure, unreliable on meaning. The two members of the old [classical] group that are on disk now have bullets of their own, above.
7 attestations across 3 entries rest on this source — 1% of every attestation in the corpus.
What rests on it
If this source were withdrawn, these are the claims that would need re-sourcing. That is the point of listing them.
| Entry | Locus | Attests |
|---|---|---|
| Apis ●full | Herodotus / Aelian, via Budge | the marks: black, white square on the forehead, eagle on the back, double tail hairs, beetle on the tongue |
| Apis ●full | Pliny, *Nat. Hist.* viii. 72 | the crescent-shaped white spot; drowning in the fountain of the priests; the shaven-headed mourning |
| Apis ●full | via Budge | the two Thalami and the binary augury; answering by taking food from the hand |
| Apis ●full | Strabo xvii. 31 | the courtyard sanctuary for the dam of the god |
| Apis ●full | via Budge | the seven-day birthday festival; no man attacked by a crocodile during it |
| Harpocrates ◐partial | Plutarch, via Budge | Harpocrates "came into the world before his time, and lame in his lower limbs" |
| Serapis ●full | Plutarch, via Budge | the god brought from Sinope; "Osiris is none other than Pluto" |