One source holds that this deity originated as a local god of Rhakotis, springing from the rocks and healing the sick there.
One source holds that this deity originated as a local god of Rhakotis, springing from the rocks and healing the sick there. He is often depicted as a robed man with full beard and flowing locks wearing a tall corn modius or basket upon his head, though he occasionally has curved ram horns or appears as a bearded serpent with his consort. He appears enthroned with the three- headed Cerberus at his feet at his cult center, a namesake temple in Alexandria, which was destroyed on the orders of Theodosius in 389 CE. FTP, name this syncretic deity introduced under Ptolemy I who combines elements of Helios and Zeus, and whose name represents a fusion of the bull Apis with Osiris.
One source holds that this deity originated as a local god of Rhakotis, springing from the rocks and healing the sick there.
{Serapis}