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<p>[QUOTE="Jochen1, post: 3358038, member: 103829"]The famous statue of Serapis from Bryaxis in the Alexandreian Serapeion already has shown Serapis with Kerberos as Roman copies demonstrate (Here a Roman copy from a museum in Liverpool). Therefore for completeness we have to say that Ptolemy I has made Serapis of Osiris, Zeus and Hades/Pluto.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]889553[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>To the coin of Caracalla I have to add:</p><p>Caracalla has erected a Serapeion on the Quirinal in Rome. Temples for Hades/Pluto admittedly are known for Greece but not for Rome.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jochen1, post: 3358038, member: 103829"]The famous statue of Serapis from Bryaxis in the Alexandreian Serapeion already has shown Serapis with Kerberos as Roman copies demonstrate (Here a Roman copy from a museum in Liverpool). Therefore for completeness we have to say that Ptolemy I has made Serapis of Osiris, Zeus and Hades/Pluto. [ATTACH=full]889553[/ATTACH] To the coin of Caracalla I have to add: Caracalla has erected a Serapeion on the Quirinal in Rome. Temples for Hades/Pluto admittedly are known for Greece but not for Rome.[/QUOTE]
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