Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Taphosiris: Taphosiris, a city of Egypt, in which Osiris is said to have been buried.
External translation supplied by Brady Kiesling; reported Claude Fable 5.5 translation. Credit: Brady Kiesling and the Stephanos project (Greg Baker, Gabriel Jower, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling). Not individually verified; exact Greek input not supplied.
Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.
Ταφόσιρις, πόλις Αἰγύπτου, ἐν ᾗ λέγεται Ὄσιρις τεθάφθαι.
…ήτηρ» (Herodot. II 59). ὡς δ´ ἄλλοι, ἐκεῖ λέγεται θάψαι τὸν Ὄσιριν Ἶσις ἐμβαλοῦσα εἰς ξυλίνην βοῦν, ὥστε Βουσόσιριν εἶναι τὴν πόλιν. οἱ δ´ ὅτι τοπάρχης ἦν Βούσιρις ὑπὸ Ὀσίριδος κατασταθείς. Ὄσιρις Αἰγυπτιστὶ ὁ Διόνυσος. Ταφόσιρις πόλις Αἰγύπτου, ἐν ᾗ λέγεται Ὄσιρις τεθάφθαι. καλάσιρις λινοῦς χιτὼν ἱερατικὸς καὶ μοῖρα τῶν μαχίμων ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ οἱ καὶ Ἑρμοτυμβιεῖς. Ἡρόδοτος δευτέρῳ (c. 164) Ψένυρις κώμη. Τέντυρις πόλις Αἰγύπτου καθαρτικὴ τῶν κροκοδείλων.