Historical Fiction from the Ancient World dealing with the worship of Isis:
- Apuleius in The Golden Ass (according to something I read, (There is a large section of Isis speaking in Book 11, Chap 47)
- Ovid (Metamorphoses book IX – Click here for the Sparknotes summary
- Propertius – has poems about Isis
Primary Sources on Isis worship:
- Plutarch's de Iside et Osiride – available on OhioLINK. Look for the English translation (1970)
Primary Sources from/about Egypt:
- The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East, Volume 2, Egypt. Available as a book through OhioLINK or as a PDF online
- Ancient records of Egypt : historical documents from the earliest times to the Persian conquest / collected, edited, and translated with commentary by James Henry Breasted – 5 volumes, available through OhioLINNK
- Texts from the Pyramid Age by Nigel C. Strudwick – Walsh Ebook
- The ancient Egyptian coffin texts [edited & translated by] R.O. Faulkner - available through OhioLINK
- Manetho (Egyptian priest from Ptolemaic period writing about Egyptian history.) - English translation by W.G. Waddell. Available through OhioLINK
Don’t forget artwork and pottery from that time period counts as a primary source as well!
Good secondary sources:
- The cult of Isis among women in the Graeco-Roman world by Sharon Kelly Heyob
- Isis among the Greeks and Romans by Friedrich Solmsen
- An Examination of the Isis Cult with preliminary exploration into New Testament studies by Elizabeth A. McCabe
