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CHONS
, " he who travels by See also:boat," perhaps originally a See also:mere epithet of the See also:moon-See also:god Ioh or See also:Thoth, is chiefly See also:familiar as the third member of the Theban triad
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As such he is represented as a youthful god, wearing a See also:skull-cap surmounted by the moon
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His cult was revived and became popular in Ptolemaic times
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A curious See also:story about the sending of his statue to See also:Mesopotamia to heal a daughter of the See also: |
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