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Sesostris was the name of a king of ancient Egypt who, according to Herodotus, led a military expedition into parts of Europe.
Sesostris may refer to:
- Sesostris, a king of Egypt described by Herodotus
- Senusret, three kings of the 12th Dynasty also called Sesostris
- Sesostris Bank, a submerged bank named after the stem frigate
- Ampeloglypter sesostris, a species of weevil
- Parides sesostris, a species of butterfly
Usage examples of "sesostris".
You do not see the antediluvian kingdom, that of Sesostris and that of Semiramis?
He load several medals, one of Sesostris, another of Semiramis, and an old knife of a queer shape, covered with rust.
In a previous debate, the chariot of Sesostris, and the wheel of fortune, were applied by one of the ministers of Justinian, who observed that the reduction of Antioch, and some Syrian cities, had elevated beyond measure the vain and ambitious spirit of the Barbarian.
At the same time, the lucky though accidental resemblance of the name of Getae, ^* infused among the credulous Goths a vain persuasion, that in a remote age, their own ancestors, already seated in the Dacian provinces, had received the instructions of Zamolxis, and checked the victorious arms of Sesostris and Darius.