Arnouphis

Arnouphis or Harnouphis was an Egyptian who, according to Dio Cassius, saved the Roman legion XII Fulminata during a campaign against the Quadi in about AD 172 by calling up a rainstorm.^[1] Dio Cassius calls Arnouphis a magos, originally a term for Zoroastrian priests. David Frankfurter says that Arnouphis was an Egyptian priest, but he was called a magos because Romans regarded priests from many Near Eastern cultures as fitting a single stereotype of exotic magicians.^[2]

In Popular Culture

In the series 20s A Difficult Age created by Marcus Orelias, the main protagonist, Harnuphis is named after Arnouphis.^[3]

Notes

^ "The rain miracle". www.livius.org. Archived from the original on 2002-05-29.
^ Frankfurter, David (1998). Religion in Roman Egypt: Assimilation and Resistance. Princeton University Press. pp. 236–237.
^ "Harnuphis". www.becomix.me. Be Comix. Retrieved 11 February 2022.

This Ancient Egypt biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] "The rain miracle". www.livius.org. Archived from the original on 2002-05-29.

[2] Frankfurter, David (1998). Religion in Roman Egypt: Assimilation and Resistance. Princeton University Press. pp. 236–237.

[3] "Harnuphis". www.becomix.me. Be Comix. Retrieved 11 February 2022.

[1]

[2]

[3]