Sesostris
historical figure · 3 works · 3 mentions · 8 anchored passages
Sesostris the Egyptian
in the texts
Protrepticus
Egyptian king credited with commissioning the Osiris statue later incorporated into Sarapis.
For he says that Sesostris, the Egyptian king, having subdued most of the nations among the Greeks, on his return to Egypt brought back skilful craftsmen;
Orations
Legendary Egyptian king cited as an example of barbarian distinction, contrasted with Greek beauty standards.
nor among the barbarians Sesostris the Egyptian, or Memnon the Ethiopian, or Ninyas or Eurypylus or Pelops.
The Histories
King of Egypt who led sweeping military campaigns from the Red Sea through Asia into Europe, set up commemorative pillars, divided Egypt's land and instituted taxation, and was honored with colossal statues.
therefore, it was not just that Darius should set his statue before the statues of Sesostris, whose achievements he had not equalled.
Now when this Egyptian Sesostris (so the priests said) reached Daphnae of Pelusium on his way home, leading many captives from the peoples whose lands he had subjugated, his brother, whom he had left in charge in Egypt, invited him and his sons to a banquet and then piled wood around the house and set it on fire.
And any man who was robbed by the river of part of his land could come to Sesostris and declare what had happened;