Busiris

Reading notes

• The Art of Love §1.19 Busiris

  Egyptian king who sacrificed strangers to end a drought and was killed by Hercules: 'deceive the deceivers.'

• The Heroides §9 Busiris

  The Egyptian king who sacrificed strangers, slain by Hercules.

• Letters from the Black Sea §3.6 master Busiris

  Busiris, the Egyptian king who sacrificed strangers; with Phalaris and his brazen bull, the type of tyrant under whom such fear would be warranted — but not under Augustus.

• Ibis §12 brother of Antaeus

  Busiris, the Egyptian king who sacrificed strangers on his altars and was himself sacrificed by Hercules — dying 'by his own precedents.'

• Metamorphoses §9.248 Busiris

  The Egyptian king who sacrificed strangers at his altars, until Hercules killed him.

• Sorrows §3.11 Busiris

  The Egyptian king who sacrificed strangers; a byword for cruelty, surpassed (Ovid says) by his tormentor.