Harsiese
/hɑːrˈsiːsiː/noun
A Greek-derived name for Horus as the son of the Egyptian goddess Isis.
Did you know?Harsiese was not merely a mythic title: Egyptian rulers and later claimants used Horus’s divine sonship to present themselves as legitimate heirs of kingship.
Etymological Timeline
2nd Millennium BCE
Egyptian
Ḥr-sꜣ-ꜣst
“Horus, son of Isis”
Late Egyptian
Egyptian
Horsaese
“A personal or divine name identifying someone with Horus, the son of Isis”
Ptolemaic Period
Greek
Harsiesis
“Greek transcription of the Egyptian name Horus-son-of-Isis”
Roman Period
Greek/Latin
Harsiesis
“A name used in Egyptian religious and historical contexts for this form of Horus”
Modern English
English
Harsiese
“An English scholarly spelling of the Egyptian-Greek divine name”
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