Zie Luxor Temple: Head of Ramses the GreatOzymandias represents a transliteration into Greek of a part of Ramesses' throne name, User-maat-re Setep-en-re. The sonnet paraphrases the inscription on the base of the statue, given by Diodorus Siculus in his Bibliotheca historica as "King of Kings am I, Osymandias. If anyone would know how great I am and where I lie, let him surpass one of my works".
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Gearchiveerde kopie. Gearchiveerd op 26 juli 2010. Geraadpleegd op 11 mei 2010.