Egyptian mythology relates that the god Seth had carnal relations with his younger brother Horus (Westendorf 1977: 2.1272–73). The Book of the Dead (§ 125) includes the confession: “I have not copulated with a boy”; however, an adult consenting man is omitted. The Hittites declare sodomy with one’s son—but not with any other male—a capital crime (HL §189). Thus sodomy (like heterosexuality) is subject to regulation, but not to interdiction. Moreover, Hittite legislation for sexual offenses “does