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Sothis is the Greek name of a star that the Egyptians considered unusually
significant. The star is not explicitly identified, but there are enough
clues for modern scholars to be almost unanimous in identifying Sothis as
Sirius.
· Plutarch states that The soul of Isis is called Dog by the Greeks
· Sothis was identified with Isis in many Egyptian texts
· The Greeks called Sirius the dog
· Sirius is the brightest star visible in the sky
· The first appearance of Sirius in the sky each year occurs just before
the annual Nile flooding
· The Greeks called the Sirius period the Dog Days and associated them
with the hottest days of summers as well as diseases 'caused' by this heat.
The Egyptians also associated the Sothic period (of Sirius) with epidemics
Sothic mythos Prof Karl Kerenyi claims an ancient mythic figure Iachen (or
Iachim) represents a sublimated form o
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