Isis, at once the sister and wife of Osiris, and the mother of Horos

At Thebes she was known as Mut, 'the mother,' with the vulture's head; at Bubastis as Sekhet, the bride of Ptah and daughter of Ra. As mother of Horos, she was named Has or or Athor, 'the house of Horos,' identified by the Greeks with their Aphrodite, and confused with Astoreth by the Semites. The cow, with its horns, symbolising the crescent moon, which in Egypt appears to lie upon its back, was consecrated to her, indicating at how early a time the bride of Osiris, the Sun-god, was held to be the moon. She was also identified with So this, the dog-star, and in later days with the planet Venus. All that is good and beautiful among men comes from her; she watches over the birth of children, and rocks the cradle of the Nile. As Neit, too, she is the authore of weaving and of the arts of female life. Sayce, Anc. Empires, p. 64. 2. An asteroid (No. 42) discovered by Pogson at Oxford, May 23, 1856. Isis. A name sometimes given to the Thames (England) in its upper course. Iskander (is-kän'der). [Turk. form of Alexan- der.] The pseudonym of Alexander Herzen. Iskander Beg. See Scanderbeg . Iskanderun (is-kän-de-rön'). See Alexandretta . Population, about 2.500. Iskanderun, Bay of or Gulf of. An arm of the Mediterranean, at its northeastern angle, situated between Syria and Cilicia.