Domains & Iconography
Domains: love, sea, Greco‑Roman
Iconography: Hellenistic dress, sistrum, sail
Mediterranean Spread
From Alexandria to Piraeus to Rome, Isis‑Aphrodite’s cult crossed seas with merchants and migrants. Inscriptions thank her for safe voyages and love’s good fortune.
Iconography
Hellenistic garments, sistrum, mirror, sometimes a sail; she blends Egyptian instruments of joy with Greek styles of beauty and the sea.
Legacy
Museum statuettes and plaques show a tender universality that still speaks beyond borders: Egyptian care translated without loss.
Sources & References
See also
Hathor
Goddess of joy, love, music, and one aspect of the Eye of Ra; also guardian of the necropolis as 'Lady of the West'.
Hermanubis
Roman‑period fusion of Hermes (guide, eloquence) and Anubis (embalmer, guardian) as a psychopomp.
Qetesh
Levantine pleasure goddess adopted in New Kingdom Egypt; appears with Resheph and Min.
Hathor of Dendera
Dendera form of Hathor, patron of joy, beauty, and the sistrum; Greco‑Roman temple preserves rich hymns and processions.