English, 20.12.2020 09:50, robinsonchristopher0

Read the excerpt from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone, by James Cross Giblin. WITH PROPITIOUS FORTUNE: It was resolved by the priests of all the temples in the land to increase greatly the existing honors of King PTOLEMY, likewise those of his parents, and of his ancestors, and to set up in the most prominent place of every temple an image of the EVER-LIVING King PTOLEMY, THE BELOVED OF PTAH, THE GOD EPIPHANES EUCHARISTOS, an image which shall be called that of "PTOLEMY, the defender of Egypt," beside which shall stand the principal god of the temple, handing him the weapon of victory;

The central idea of the excerpt is that King Ptolemy will be

buried with his parents and ancestors.
honored with an image in all temples.
spoken of only in temples.
given weapons as gifts.

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