Osiris wrapped with the skin of the celestial fawn: note on D. S. I 11.4
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Diodorus Siculus, Osiris, fawn skin, starsAbstract
In this paper it is proposed an explanation for certain information transmitted by Diodorus Siculus, according to which the Egyptian god Osiris was wrapped with a fawn skin with stars.
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