AMMON TEXTS

Herakles tries to see Zeus-Ammon
"The Thebans, and those who by the Theban example will not touch sheep, give the following reason for their ordinance: they say that Heracles wanted very much to see Zeus and that Zeus did not want to be seen by him, but that finally, when Heracles prayed, Zeus contrived to show himself displaying the head and wearing the fleece of a ram which he had flayed and beheaded. It is from this that the Egyptian images of Zeus have a ram's head; and in this, the Egyptians are imitated by the Ammonians, who are colonists from Egypt and Ethiopia and speak a language compounded of the tongues of both countries. It was from this, I think, that the Ammonians got their name, too; for the Egyptians call Zeus “Amon”. The Thebans, then, consider rams sacred for this reason, and do not sacrifice them. But one day a year, at the festival of Zeus, they cut in pieces and flay a single ram and put the fleece on the image of Zeus, as in the story; then they bring an image of Heracles near it. Having done this, all that are at the temple mourn for the ram, and then bury it in a sacred coffin." - Herodotus 2.42

Oracle of Dodona came from Egypt
"The priests of Zeus of Thebes told me that two priestesses had been carried away from Thebes by Phoenicians; one, they said they had heard was taken away and sold in Libya, the other in Hellas; these women, they said, were the first founders of places of divination in the aforesaid countries. When I asked them how it was that they could speak with such certain knowledge, they said in reply that their people had sought diligently for these women, and had never been able to find them, but had learned later the story which they were telling me. That, then, I heard from the Theban priests; and what follows, the prophetesses of Dodona say: that two black doves had come flying from Thebes in Egypt, one to Libya and one to Dodona; the latter settled on an oak tree, and there uttered human speech, declaring that a place of divination from Zeus must be made there; the people of Dodona understood that the message was divine, and therefore established the oracular shrine. The dove which came to Libya told the Libyans (they say) to make an oracle of Ammon; this also is sacred to Zeus." - Herodotus 2.54-55

Oracles of Dodona and Siwah compared
"The oracular responses were not, as at Delphi and among the Branchidae, given in words, but mostly by nods and tokens, as in Homer, `Cronion spoke and nodded assent with his dark brows,' the prophet having assumed the role of Zeus; however, the fellow expressly told the king that he, Alexander, was the son of Zeus." -Strabo Bk 7 Frag 1a

Dionysos founded oracle of Zeus-Ammon
"When Liber was hunting for water in India, and hadn't succeeded, ram is said to have sprung suddenly from the ground, and with this as guide he found water. So he asked Jove to put the ram among the stars, and to this day it is called the equinoctial ram. Moreover, in the place where he found water he established a temple which his called the temple of Jove Ammon." - Hyginus, Fabulae 133

Zeus-Ammon king in Egypt
"And besides these there are other gods, they say, who were terrestrial, having once been mortals, but who, by reason of their sagacity and the good services which they rendered to all men, attained immortality, some of them having even been kings in Egypt. Their names, when translated, are in some cases the same as those of the celestial gods, while others have a distinct appellation, such as Helius, Cronus, and Rhea, and also the Zeus who is called Ammon by some, and besides these Hera and Hephaestus, also Hestia, and, finally, Hermes." - Diodorus Siculus 1.13

Father of Osiris is Ammon
"Osiris, they add, also built a temple to his parents, Zeus and Hera, which was famous both for its size and its costliness in general, and two golden chapels to Zeus, the larger one to him as god of heaven, the smaller one to him as former king and father of the Egyptians, in which role he is called by some Ammon. He also made golden chapels for the rest of the gods mentioned above, allotting honours to each of them and appointing priests to have charge over these.- Diodorus Siculus 1.15

Alexander visits oracle of Zeus-Ammon
"When Alexander was conducted by the priests into the temple and had regarded the god for a while, the one who held the position of prophet, an elderly man, came to him and said, "Rejoice, son take this form of address as from the god also." He replied, "I accept, father; for the future I shall be called thy son. But tell me if thou givest me the rule of the whole earth." The priest now entered the sacred enclosure and as the bearers now lifted the god and were moved according to certain prescribed sounds of the voice, the prophet cried that of a certainty the god had granted him his request, and Alexander spoke again: "The last, O spirit, of my questions now answer; have I punished all those who were the murderers of my father or have some escaped me?" The prophet shouted: "Silence! There is no mortal who can plot against the one who begot him. All the murderers of Philip, however, have been punished. The proof of his divine birth will reside in the greatness of his deeds; as formerly he has been undefeated, so now he will be unconquerable for all time." Alexander was delighted with these responses. He honoured the god with rich gifts and returned to Egypt." - Diodorus Siculus 17.51.1-4

Amoun the highest god
"It makes no difference if one invokes the Highest God or Zeus or Adonai or Sabaoth or Amoun, as the Egyptians do, or Papaios as the Scythians do." - Celsus in Origen's Contra Celsum 5.41

Osiris and Ammon equated
"Osiris has been given the name Sarapis by some, Dionysos by others, Pluto by others, Ammon by others, Zeus by some, and many have considered Pan to be the same God; and some say that Sarapis is the God whom the Greeks call Pluto." - Diodorus Siculus 1.25

Pindar composed hymn to Zeus-Ammon
"Not far away is a temple of Zeus-Ammon; the image, a work of Calamis, was dedicated by Pindar, who also sent to the Ammonians of Libya a hymn to Ammon. This hymn I found still carved on a triangular slab by the side of the altar dedicated to Ammon by Ptolemy the son of Lagus." - Pausanias 9.16.1

Herakles and Ammon equated
"Herakles star-adorned, king of fire, ruler of the universe, thou Sun, who with thy far-flung rays art the guardian of mortal life, with flashing beam revolving the wide circuit of thy course... Belus thou art named on the Euphrates, Ammon in Libya, Apis of the Nile art thou by birth, Arabian Kronos, Assyrian Zeus... but whether thou art Sarapis, or the cloudless Zeus of Egpyt, or Kronos, or Phaethon, or many titled Mithras, Sun of Babylon, or in Greece Apollo of Delphi, or Wedlock, whom Love begat in the shadowy land of dreams... whether thou art known as Paieon, the healer of pain, or Aether with its varied garb, or star-bespangled Night - for the starry robes of night illuminate the heaven - lend a propitious ear to my prayer." - Nonnos of Panopolis, Dionysiaca 36.345-7

Ammon and Zeus equated
"Moreover, most people believe that Amoun is the name given to Zeus in the land of the Egyptians, a name which we, with a slight alteration, pronounce Ammon." - Plutarch, On Isis and Osiris 10

Zeus-Ammon begets Alexander
"However, after his vision, as we are told, Philip sent Chaeron of Megalopolis to Delphi, by whom an oracle was brought him from Apollo, who bade him sacrifice to Ammon and hold that god in greatest reverence, but told him he was to lose that one of his eyes which he had applied to the chink in the door when he espied the god, in the form of a serpent, sharing the couch of his wife. Moreover, Olympias, as Eratosthenes says, when she sent Alexander forth upon his great expedition, told him, and him alone, the secret of his begetting, and bade him have purposes worthy of his birth. Others, on the contrary, say that she repudiated the idea, and said: “Alexander must cease slandering me to Hera." - Plutarch, Life of Alexander 3.1.2

Zeus-Ammon has many forms
"What is your Jupiter himself? Now he is represented in a statue as beardless, now he is set up as bearded; and when he is called Hammon, he has horns; and when Capitolinus, then he wields the thunderbolts; and when Latiaris, he is sprinkled with gore; and when Feretrius, he is not approached; and not to mention any further the multitude of Jupiters, the monstrous appearances of Jupiter are as numerous as his names." - Minucius Felix, Octavius

Zeus-Ammon worshipped in Elea
"Each month the Eleans sacrifice once on all the altars I have enumerated. They sacrifice in an ancient manner; for they burn on the altars incense with wheat which has been kneaded with honey, placing also on the altars twigs of olive, and using wine for a libation ... The traditional words spoken by them in the Town Hall at the libations, and the hymns which they sing, it were not right for me to introduce into my narrative. They pour libations, not only to the Greek gods, but also to the god in Libya, to Hera Ammonia and to Parammon, which is a surname of Hermes." -Pausanias 5.15.11

Oracle of Amon-Re
"On this day in the House of Amon-Re, king of gods, on the sixth day of the month, appeared the august god, the lord of gods, Amon-Re, king of gods; Mut the great mistress of Ishru; and Khonsu-in-Thebes-Beautiful-Rest; on the silver pavement of the House of Amon .... The High Priest of Amon-Re, king of gods commander in chief of the army, Paynozem, triumphant, son of Men[kheper]re [triumphant], took counsel of the affairs of this land, before the great god.
"In the second month, on the sixth day, ... the great god who is far from injustice, had not (yet) been taken up to Opet at [the Feast of] Opet in this year. Lo, this great god determined [that] which the scribes, inspectors, and administrators had done, who committed fraudulent acts in Thebes, his city. Then the great god condemned the scribes, inspectors, and administrators, because of the acts of fraud which they had committed
This great god appeared upon the pavement of silver in the House of Amon at the morning hour. The High Priest of Amon-Re, king of gods, Paynozem, triumphant,came before this god. This god saluted violently. He placed two tablets of writing before the great god; one writing said: "O Amon-Re, king of gods, my good lord; it is said that there are matters which should be investigated in the case of Thutmose, triumphant, son of Sudiamon, triumphant, the major-domo;" the other writing [said: "O Amon-Re, king of gods], my good lord; it is said that there are no matters which should be investigated in the case of Thutmose, triumphant, son of Sudiamon, triumphant, the major-domo." The [High Priest] of Amon-Re, king of gods, Paynozem, triumphant, repeated before this great god, saying: "O my good lord, thou shalt judge ..., thou prosperest beyond all wonders." [The] great god saluted violently. These two tablets of writing were placed before the [great god]. The great god took the writing which said: "O Amon-Re, king of gods], my good lord; it is said that there are no matters [which should] be investigated in the case of Thutmose, triumphant, son of Sudiamon, triumphant, the major-domo." The great god [rejected] the other writing which said: "O Amon-Re, king of gods], my good lord; it is said that there are matters which should be investigated in the case of [Thutmose, triumphant, son of Sudiamon, triumphant, the major-domo."]
[Then the High Priest of Amon-Re. king of gods, went again] to this great, great god, to put his two tablets of writing the second time before the great god. [The great god] took [the same writing as before] .... They bore witness, saying: "There are no matters which should be investigated [in the case of Thutmose, triumphant, son of Sudiamon, triumphant, the] major-domo." - The Stela of Shesonq

Egyptian trinity
"All Gods are three: Amun, Re, Ptah: they have no equal. His name is hidden as Amun, he is Re before [men], and his body is Ptah." - Stela from the 14th century b.c.e.