Encyclopedia > Busiris

Article Content

Busiris

In Greek mythology, Busiris was a king of Egypt who sacrificed all visitors to the gods, hoping to avert a famine. Heracles defied him and broke his shackles at the last minute.

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!

Featured Article

Eurofighter

... for the United Kingdom, 180 for Germany, 121 for Italy, and 87 for Spain. An extensive overseas sales effort has so far yielded just one firm order, 60 aircraft fo ...