The pharaoh is driven out of the country and the leper-army, in alliance with the Hyksos (whose story is also told by Manetho) ravage Egypt, committing many sacrileges against the gods, before Amenophis returns and expels them. The story depicts Osarseph as a renegade Egyptian priest who leads an army of lepers and other unclean people against a pharaoh named Amenophis, who was the son of Ramses and the father of Ramses, whose original name was Sethos (Seti). His story was recounted by the Ptolemaic Egyptian historian Manetho in his Aegyptiaca (first half of the 3rd century BC) Manetho's work is lost, but the 1st century AD Jewish historian Josephus quotes extensively from it. Osarseph / ˈ oʊ z ər ˌ s ɛ f/ or Osarsiph / ˈ oʊ z ər ˌ s ɪ f/ ( Koinē Greek: Ὀσαρσίφ) is a legendary figure of Ancient Egypt who has been equated with Moses. Legendary figure of Ancient Egypt who has been equated with Moses
