§1.25.1καθόλου δὲ πολλή τίς ἐστι διαφωνία περὶ τούτων τῶν θεῶν.
In general, there is much disagreement about these gods.
τὴν αὐτὴν γὰρ οἱ μὲν Ἶσιν, οἱ δὲ Δήμητραν, οἱ δὲ Θεσμοφόρον, οἱ δὲ Σελήνην, οἱ δὲ Ἥραν, οἱ δὲ πάσαις ταῖς προσηγορίαις ὀνομάζουσι.
For the same goddess some call Isis, others Demeter, others Thesmophoros, others Selene, others Hera, and others call her by all these names.
§1.25.2τὸν δὲ Ὄσιριν οἱ μὲν Σάραπιν, οἱ δὲ Διόνυσον, οἱ δὲ Πλούτωνα, οἱ δὲ Ἄμμωνα, τινὲς δὲ Δία, πολλοὶ δὲ Πᾶνα τὸν αὐτὸν νενομίκασι· λέγουσι δέ τινες Σάραπιν εἶναι τὸν παρὰ τοῖς Ἕλλησι Πλούτωνα ὀνομαζόμενον.
And Osiris some have identified with Sarapis, others with Dionysus, others with Pluto, others with Ammon, some with Zeus, and many with Pan; and some say that Sarapis is the one who is called Pluto among the Greeks.
φασὶ δʼ Αἰγύπτιοι τὴν Ἶσιν φαρμάκων τε πολλῶν πρὸς ὑγίειαν εὑρέτιν γεγονέναι καὶ τῆς ἰατρικῆς ἐπιστήμης μεγάλην ἔχειν ἐμπειρίαν· §1.25.3διὸ καὶ τυχοῦσαν τῆς ἀθανασίας ἐπὶ ταῖς θεραπείαις τῶν ἀνθρώπων μάλιστα χαίρειν, καὶ κατὰ τοὺς ὕπνους τοῖς ἀξιοῦσι διδόναι βοηθήματα, φανερῶς ἐπιδεικνυμένην τήν τε ἰδίαν ἐπιφάνειαν καὶ τὸ πρὸς τοὺς δεομένους τῶν ἀνθρώπων εὐεργετικόν.
And the Egyptians say that Isis was the discoverer of many medicines for health, and that she had great experience in the science of medicine; for this reason, even after obtaining immortality, she takes the greatest pleasure in the healing of men, and in sleep she gives aid to those who petition her, clearly showing both her own manifestation and her beneficence toward those of men who stand in need.
§1.25.4ἀποδείξεις δὲ τούτων φασὶ φέρειν ἑαυτοὺς οὐ μυθολογίας ὁμοίως τοῖς Ἕλλησιν, ἀλλὰ πράξεις ἐναργεῖς· πᾶσαν γὰρ σχεδὸν τὴν οἰκουμένην μαρτυρεῖν ἑαυτοῖς, εἰς τὰς ταύτης τιμὰς φιλοτιμουμένην διὰ τὴν ἐν ταῖς θεραπείαις ἐπιφάνειαν.
And they say that they offer as proofs of these things not myths, as the Greeks do, but manifest facts; for almost the whole inhabited world, they say, bears witness to them, since men vie with one another in honoring her because of her manifestation in healings.
§1.25.5κατὰ γὰρ τοὺς ὕπνους ἐφισταμένην διδόναι τοῖς κάμνουσι βοηθήματα πρὸς τὰς νόσους, καὶ τοὺς ὑπακούσαντας αὐτῇ παραδόξως ὑγιάζεσθαι· καὶ πολλοὺς μὲν ὑπὸ τῶν ἰατρῶν διὰ τὴν δυσκολίαν τοῦ νοσήματος ἀπελπισθέντας ὑπὸ ταύτης σώζεσθαι, συχνοὺς δὲ παντελῶς πηρωθέντας τὰς ὁράσεις ἤ τινα τῶν ἄλλων μερῶν τοῦ σώματος, ὅταν πρὸς ταύτην τὴν θεὸν καταφύγωσιν, εἰς τὴν προϋπάρξασαν ἀποκαθίστασθαι τάξιν.
For she stands over them in sleep and gives to those who are suffering aid against their diseases, and those who obey her are healed in a wondrous manner; and many who have been given up by physicians because of the difficulty of their disease are saved by her, and a great number of people who have been completely deprived of their sight or of some other parts of their body, when they flee to this goddess for refuge, are restored to their former condition.
§1.25.6εὑρεῖν δʼ αὐτὴν καὶ τὸ τῆς ἀθανασίας φάρμακον, διʼ οὗ τὸν υἱὸν Ὧρον, ὑπὸ τῶν Τιτάνων ἐπιβουλευθέντα καὶ νεκρὸν εὑρεθέντα καθʼ ὕδατος, μὴ μόνον ἀναστῆσαι, δοῦσαν τὴν ψυχήν,
And they say that she discovered also the medicine of immortality, by means of which she not only raised up her son Horus, who had been plotted against by the Titans and found dead in the water, giving him his soul, but also made him a partaker of immortality.
§1.25.7ἀλλὰ καὶ τῆς ἀθανασίας ποιῆσαι μεταλαβεῖν. δοκεῖ δʼ ὕστατος τῶν θεῶν οὗτος βασιλεῦσαι μετὰ τὴν τοῦ πατρὸς Ὀσίριδος ἐξ ἀνθρώπων μετάστασιν.
And this god is believed to have been the last of the gods to reign after the departure of his father Osiris from among men.
τὸν δὲ Ὧρον μεθερμηνευόμενόν φασιν Ἀπόλλωνα ὑπάρχειν, καὶ τήν τε ἰατρικὴν καὶ τὴν μαντικὴν ὑπὸ τῆς μητρὸς Ἴσιδος διδαχθέντα διὰ τῶν χρησμῶν καὶ τῶν θεραπειῶν εὐεργετεῖν τὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων γένος.
And they say that Horus, when translated, is Apollo, and that, having been taught both medicine and divination by his mother Isis, he benefits the race of men through his oracles and healings.