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[[File:Serapis Louvre Ma 1830.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=caption| | [[File:Serapis Louvre Ma 1830.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=caption|Busto de Serápis em mármore, Cártago (início do século três.)]] | ||
In the Hellenistic age, from 323 to 31 <small>B</small>.<small>C</small>., Serapis became one of the most important gods of the Egyptian and Greco-Roman pantheons. He was revered as the patron of the Ptolemaic kings of Egypt and as the founding deity of the great city of Alexandria. There are numerous historical records of the intimate contact of Serapis with men throughout Egypt and Asia Minor, and there are over 1,080 statues, temples and monuments dedicated to Serapis Bey that were erected during that era. | In the Hellenistic age, from 323 to 31 <small>B</small>.<small>C</small>., Serapis became one of the most important gods of the Egyptian and Greco-Roman pantheons. He was revered as the patron of the Ptolemaic kings of Egypt and as the founding deity of the great city of Alexandria. There are numerous historical records of the intimate contact of Serapis with men throughout Egypt and Asia Minor, and there are over 1,080 statues, temples and monuments dedicated to Serapis Bey that were erected during that era. | ||
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