![]() According to one myth, Aphrodite gave her son, Eros, a rose who gave it to Harpocrates to ensure that his mother's indiscretions were kept under wraps. Harpocrates was in charge of secrets and his symbol was a rose. They changed his name to Harpocrates as a hellenization, built some shrines, started worshiping him, and he became a very minor Greek-Egyptian hybrid god just like that. They thought his gesture meant be quiet or shh, so they decided that he must be the god of silence and secrets. ![]() When Alexander the Great invaded Egypt, the Greeks saw all the statues of Harpocrates and didn't know what to make of them. ![]() He was usually depicted with his finger to his lips, it symbolized the hieroglyph for child. Originally, he was an incarnation of Horus, Harpa-Khruti or "Horus the Child". ![]() Harpocrates was created during the time of the Greek rule of Egypt. 3 The Sun and the Star: A Nico di Angelo Adventure. ![]()
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