ISIS, an Egyptian goddess, whose worship was so infamous, that the priests were forbid to speak any thing of it; and the senate did often prohibit its practice.
practice in Rome. She is pictured with a systrum in her hand, a musical instrument not much unlike a cymbal; and was often called Terra, from whence she is represented as having many breasts. Some historians say she was queen of Egypt, and reigned there with her husband Osiris, A. M. 2500.