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The Conflict of Horus and Seth from Egyptian and Classical SourcesJ. Gwyn Griffiths

Indigenous and Ancient Religions

The Conflict of Horus and Seth from Egyptian and Classical Sources

by J. Gwyn Griffiths

A scholarly study of the myth of the struggle between Horus and Seth, comparing Egyptian texts with Greek and Latin accounts. Griffiths discusses the possible historical and religious background of the myth and its place in Egyptian kingship ideology.

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