Simplify the following text for a Grade 10 native English-speaking person.
Original: Normally Egyptian gods were shown in profile , but instead Bes appeared in portrait , ithyphallic , and sometimes in a soldier 's tunic , so as to appear ready to launch an attack on any approaching evil .
Simplified: Normally gods were shown in profile , but instead Bes appeared in portrait , and sometimes in a soldier 's tunic , so as to appear ready to launch an attack on any approaching evil .