This essay’s aim is mainly to understand and explain the characteristics
of Zeus Kasios cult in Ptolemaic Egypt as an avatar or manifestation of the Semitic god
Baal-Saphon already worshipped in Egypt in early periods. This Oriental form of the
Greek god Zeus, worshipped in Mountain Kasios, Syria, was also found in the Egyptian
Mount Kasios which points out to a cultural and religious diffusion movement, due to
geographical proximity of both centers of cult and also due to the establishment of syropalestinian
populations in Egypt since the times of the Hyksos invasion, which made easy
the religious acculturation and syncretism between divinities.