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American Revolution: John Paul Jones Captures HMS Serapis (234 words) |
 | September 23, 1779 - In a naval battle off Flamborough Head, John Paul Jones and Bonhomme Richard (left) captures HMS Serapis. |
| Turning to intercept, Jones engaged the convoy's escorts HMS Serapis and HMS Countess of Scarborough. |
| Two days later, Bonhomme Richard, battered from the fight, sank and Jones transferred to Serapis before sailing on to Texel Roads, Holland. |
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Serapis (640 words) |
| The earliest mention of a Serapis is in the authentic death scene of Alexander, from the royal diaries (Arrian, Anabasis, VII. |
| Here, Serapis has a temple at Babylon, and is of such importance that he alone is named as being consulted on behalf of the dying king. |
| One of the experts was the one of the Eumolpidae, the ancient family from whose members the hierophant of the Eleusinian Mysteries had been chosen since before history, and the other was the scholarly Egyptian priest Manetho, which gave weight to the judgement both for the Egyptians and the Greeks. |
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