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to have rested; and the temples of "Mn Apxao5, Deus Lunus Arkæus. To say the truth, there were several cities named Apamea, in Syria, Phrygia and other countries. But the Apamea, of which we have been treating, was undoubtedly the city upon the " Mæander in Phrygia: and when the history of the place is known, we shall not wonder at these references upon the coins. It stood upon the conflux of the Marsyas, Obrimus, and Organ: which ran into the Mæander; and it had the additional name of 23 Kibros, Cibotus. By this is signified the City of the Ark. It is the very term made use of by the Seventy, and the Apostles, when they speak of the Ark of Noah. It was also named Boornrn, Booscete, sive Taurus Piscis. This name took its rise from an antient hieroglyphic, which was the chief object of the people's worship. The purport of it will be easily perceived by those, who are at all acquainted with the celebrated emblems, the Apis and

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21 I do not trouble the Reader with unnecessary quotations, as all these histories have been before mentioned in my third Volume.

22 Here was also a capital city, called Magnesia, whose inhabitants were styled Μαγνητες προς Μαιανδρον ; being denominated both from their city and worship; and further distinguished by the river, on which they lived; for there were several people in different parts, who had the same title of Magnetes.

33 Απάμεια ή Κιβωτος λεγομενη. Strabo. 1. 12. p. 864. 24 Pliny, 1. 3. c. 32.

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Mneuis of Egypt, the Atargatus of Syria, and the Tauro Men, Meno-Taur, and Taur-Iöne, of other 25 countries. The river Marsyas also, which ran bythe city had the name of Cibotus: and there is a coin with this remarkable inscription, 26 AITAMEON ΜΑΡΣΥΑΣ ΚΙΒΩΤΟΣ. Apamensium Marsyas Arca. The river Organ was denominated from the same object of worship, and from the rites practised near its waters. The name is precisely of the same purport, as that before mentioned. Organ is exactly similar to, as, Argan of the eastern nations, and signifies an "Ark. It is expressed Orgás by Pliny, who mentions the city as being situated near three rivers, which all met together below it. 28 Apamia circumfusa Marsya, Obrima, Orga, flumini

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use among the people of Palestine; and are to be traced in other countries.

25 Of all these. I have spoken at large in my third Volume.
26 Upon a coin of Hadrian, mentioned by Harduin and Span-

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27 Hence came the word gyavor of the Grecians, by which they denoted any machine.

28 L. 5. c. 29.

29 See 1 Samuel. c. 6. v. 8. 11.

30 Velleius the Epicurean in Cicero, having given many instances of base worship, at last mentions that of the Argo, in the

Salmasius thinks, that Apamea had the name of Cibotus, the Ark, from being a great "emporium, in which all the wealth of Asia centered. It was certainly in the time of the Romans a place of great trade but there were other cities not inferior to it. Who would think of giving to places of such note the name of an ark or chest? Besides it was an antient appellation, antecedent to these circumstances; and related to an Ark of a different nature. Moreover the name was not confined to the city; but we find, that the rivers also were so called; and every place in its neighbourhood, had a reference to the same worship. If we add to this, what I have before mentioned concerning the temples, and rites of Menes Arkæus; and the many other evidences, which I have elsewhere collected, we need not wonder at the name of Noah upon an Apamean coin; nor at the history, with which it is attended. After the captivity After the captivity numbers of Jews settled in Asia Minor: and in the time of Severus, and likewise of Philip, the country abounded with Christian Proselytes, and from these probably the

celestial sphere, which I have shewn to have been no other than the Ark. He accordingly calls it Argon. De Naturâ Deor. 1. 3. c. 16.

Forte ita dicta, quod emporium esset, et receptaculum, ac velut arca mercium communis totius Asia. Pliniana Exercit. P. 580.

natives obtained a greater accuracy in their mythology. Hence it is, that the true name of the Patriarch occurs upon the coin, instead of Ogyges, Deucalion, or Menes.

Thus much I thought proper to say, in order to obviate an unmerited reflection: and to vindicate, and at the same time explain, some of the most curious coins, that were ever produced to the world.

END OF THE VINDICATION.

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