A deity of the Greco-Roman Period in Egypt from 332 B.C.E. to 395 C.E., he was believed to be a personification of Time. A solar deity, associated with SERAPIS and the Roman deity Mithras, the god was depicted in a relief found in OXYRRHYNCHUS (1) (modern el-Bahnasa). The panel shows a winged creature with the head of a lion, the torso of a human, and the legs of a goat. An aura or nimbus surrounds the god’s head. He holds keys, a torch, and a bolt of lightning. His cult was popular only in local areas.
