Legendary Egyptian king who sacrificed all strangers. He and his attendants are killed by Herakles at the altar where Herakles was to be killed, a popular subject for archaic art.
Above: Herakles and Busiris. Detail from Athenian red-figure clay vase, about 525-475 BC. London, British Museum E38. Photo. BM 062897 © London, British Museum
