Busiris (king of Egypt)

[2] In Isocrates' rhetorical use of a theme that he considers unworthy of serious treatment,[3] the villainous king of Egypt named Busiris, a son of Poseidon and Libya[4] or Lysianassa,[5] was the ancient founder of Egyptian civilization, with an imagined "model constitution" that Isocrates sets up as a parodic contrast to the Republic by Plato.

In Diodorus Siculus, Busiris appears as the founder of the line of kings at Thebes, which historically would have been the 11th Dynasty.

According to Hyginus, Busiris was the father of Melite, who became the mother of Metus by her grandfather Poseidon.

The mythical king Busiris appears as the leader of a revolt in Lucian's True History (2.23), written in the 2nd century CE.

[8] In Don Quixote (Part II, Chapter LX) the bandit Roque Guinart refers to himself as "not some cruel Osiris," meaning "Busiris."

Heracles killing Busiris and his suitors, Attic red-figure hydria , ca. 480 BC, Staatliche Antikensammlungen (Inv. 2428)
Hercules and Busiris terracota , 490 and circa 480 BC. Louvre Museum collection.
Herakles slaying Busiris on the altar, with other Egyptians, Attic red-figure, ca. 525-500 BC, from the National Etruscan Museum .