Editing Hyksos (section)

===Later accounts===
[[File:Ramses-ii-relief-from-memphis2.png|thumb|A relief of [[Ramses II]] from [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]] showing him capturing enemies: a Nubian, a Libyan and a Syrian, c. 1250 BC. [[Cairo Museum]].{{sfn|Richardson|2013|p=14}}]]
The Nineteenth-Dynasty story ''The Quarrel of Apophis and Seqenenre'' claimed that the Hyksos worshiped no god but [[Set (god)|Set]], making the conflict into one between [[Ra]], the patron of Thebes, and Set as patron of Avaris.{{sfn|Van de Mieroop|2011|p=163}} Furthermore, the battle with the Hyksos was interpreted in light of the mythical battle between the gods [[Horus]] and Set, transforming Set into an Asiatic deity while also allowing for the integration of Asiatics into Egyptian society.{{sfn|Assmann|2003|pp=199–200}}

Manetho's portrayal of the Hyksos, written nearly 1300 years after the end of Hyksos rule and found in Josephus, is even more negative than the New Kingdom sources.{{sfn|Bietak|1999|p=379}} This account portrayed the Hyksos "as violent conquerors and oppressors of Egypt" has been highly influential for perceptions of the Hyksos until modern times.{{sfn|Van de Mieroop|2011|p=164}} [[Marc van de Mieroop]] argues that Josephus's portrayal of the initial Hyksos invasion is no more trustworthy than his later claims that they were related to [[the Exodus]], supposedly portrayed in Manetho as performed by a band of lepers.{{sfn|Van de Mieroop|2011|pp=164–165}}