Book 1 of the Egyptian-Greeks.

[to plan]t vines and the harvest of wheat and barley, as well as the offspring of cattle, believing that if he led men from a wild life to a more cultivated and gentler one, he would obtain (which he indeed achieved) immortal honors. For not only those ancients, but even posterity, mindful of the benefit on account of the crops discovered by him, have held him as one of the greatest gods. They further relate that Osiris, having established the kingdom of Egypt and entrusted the care of all things to his wife Isis, gave her Mercury, whose counsel she should use—since he seemed to excel among his friends in prudence. But as leader of the army and of all things which were under his jurisdiction, he left Hercules, both because he was closest in kin and because he was of admirable strength and bodily vigor. He divided the government of the kingdom thus: he placed Busiris over Phoenicia and the maritime coast, and Antaeus over the regions adjacent to Ethiopia and Libya. He himself set out from Egypt on an expedition with all his forces, leading with him his brother, whom the Greeks call Apollo and the discoverer of the laurel. Two sons, unequal in valor, Anubis and Macedon, followed Osiris; both used notable emblems original: "insignibus"; here referring to heraldic devices or standards carried in battle. featuring an animal not unlike their own nature. For Anubis bore the sign of a dog, and Macedon bore a wolf as his heraldic mark. From this circumstance, the Egyptians hold these animals in the highest honor, and they are worshiped among the Egyptians in the forms of these living creatures. Furthermore, he led with him Pan, for whom the Egyptians built a city of his name in the Thebaid, called Chemmis Known today as Akhmim, a center for weaving and stone-working in ancient Egypt., that is, the City of Pan. There also followed him those experienced in tilling fields: Maron, who knew how to plant vines, and Triptolemus, who would sow wheat. Then, with all things arranged and the gods having been prayed to, they say Osiris let his hair grow A common motif for a sacred vow or a journey, where the hair is not cut until the task is complete. until he should return to Egypt, and he set out toward Ethiopia. While he was in Ethiopia, they say that Satyrs were presented to him, having hair down to their navels. Osiris is said to have been very fond of laughter, and was accustomed to delighting in music and dances. Therefore, a multitude of musicians followed him. Among them were nine young virgins, accustomed both to singing and being learned in other arts, whom the Greeks thereafter called the
Muses