Bubastis
Bubastis proper noun: a city of ancient Egypt, noted as a centre of worship of the goddess Bastet.
Proper noun
Bubastis
- A city of ancient Egypt, noted as a centre of worship of the goddess Bastet.
- This explanation would apply particularly well to Bubastis, of which we know that it was besieged by the Persians, and that it was conquered in the wars of the time of Phocas.1891, Édouard Naville, Bubastis (1887-1889), Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., page 4
- The goddess Bastet.
- But it seems more natural to suppose here, as in other instances of Egyptian religion, that the worship of Bubastis was originally the worship of the cat itself, which was subsequently refined into a mere symbol of the goddess. The fact that the ancients identify Bubastis with Artemis or Diana is...1861, Bubastis, entry in W. Smith (editor), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Volume 1, John Murray, page 515
Origin of Bubastis
Borrowed from Latin Bubastis, from Βούβαστις (Boúbastis), from pr (“house”) + bꜣstt (“Bastet”).
Questions about Bubastis
- What does Bubastis mean?
- Bubastis means a city of ancient Egypt, noted as a centre of worship of the goddess Bastet.
- What part of speech is Bubastis?
- Bubastis is a proper noun.
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