Ammon
a god of the ancient Egyptians, worshipped especially in Thebes tians, worshipped especially in Thebes AMMON, a god of the ancient Egypa ram with downward branching horns, the symbols of power; as a man with a ram's head; and as a complete man with two high feathers on his head, bearded, sitting on a throne, and holding in his right hand the scepter of the gods, in his left the handled cross, the symbol of ram's head; and as a complete man with mother), and his son Chensu, form the sitting on a throne, and holding in his right hand the scepter of the gods, in his left the handled cross, the symbol of mythology he held his highest place.
From about the time of the 21st dynasty, he came to be considered the god of oracles, and as such was worshipped in Ethiopia and in the Libyan desert.
Twelve days' journey W. of Memphis, in the desert, was a green oasis fringed with a belt of palm trees, on which rose the temple of Ammon. Hither came pilgrims laden with costly presents; among them Alexander the Great and Cato of Utica. Alexander was hailed as the actual son of the god by the priests, quick to anticipate the wishes of the hero. The Persian conqueror, Cambyses, sent against the temple an expedition, which perished miserably in the sands. actual son of the god by the priests, early period to Greece, and afterward to Rome, where he was identified with Zeus and Jupiter.