A New System; Or, An Analysis of Antient Mythology:: Wherein an Attempt is Made to Divest Tradition of Fable; and to Reduce the Truth to Its Original Purity,J. Walker; W. J. and J. Richardson; R. Faulder and Son; R. Lea; J. Nunn; Cuthell and Martin; H.D. Symonds; Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe; E. Jeffery; Lackington, Allen, and Company; J. Booker; Black, Parry, and Kingsbury; J. Asperne; J. Murray; and J. Harris., 1807 |
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... sacred title and seems to have been confined to those priests , who 4 They were equally descended from Ion , the son of Zeuth , called also Xuth : απο Ιωνος τε Ξεθε φυντες . Geogr . Vet . vol . 2. p . 42 Phæniss . v . 256 . λιώνος μεν ...
... sacred title and seems to have been confined to those priests , who 4 They were equally descended from Ion , the son of Zeuth , called also Xuth : απο Ιωνος τε Ξεθε φυντες . Geogr . Vet . vol . 2. p . 42 Phæniss . v . 256 . λιώνος μεν ...
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... sacred title , from their particular mode of worship ; one family of the themselves accordingly Dorians . named from the Deity Adorus , who aphæresis was expressed ' Dorus . 1 They were so by a common The country , when they arrived ...
... sacred title , from their particular mode of worship ; one family of the themselves accordingly Dorians . named from the Deity Adorus , who aphæresis was expressed ' Dorus . 1 They were so by a common The country , when they arrived ...
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... sacred to Arcas : which in aftertimes was mistaken for his tomb . There seem to have been more than one ; for they are spoken of in the plural : and what they really were may be known from their name ; for they were called ' HAs Baμor ...
... sacred to Arcas : which in aftertimes was mistaken for his tomb . There seem to have been more than one ; for they are spoken of in the plural : and what they really were may be known from their name ; for they were called ' HAs Baμor ...
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... sacred cavern ; a hollow in the earth ; which from its gloom was looked upon as an emblem of the Ark . Hence Gaia , like Hesta , Rhoia , Cy- bele , is often represented as the 78 mother of man- kind . It is here to be taken in that ...
... sacred cavern ; a hollow in the earth ; which from its gloom was looked upon as an emblem of the Ark . Hence Gaia , like Hesta , Rhoia , Cy- bele , is often represented as the 78 mother of man- kind . It is here to be taken in that ...
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... sacred 4 hymn of the same name ; the subject of which was undoubtedly the wanderings of their ancestors ; those ancestors , 15 δι και Αληται και Τιτάνες καλούνται : who were dis- tinguished by the name of the Wanderers , and of Pindar ...
... sacred 4 hymn of the same name ; the subject of which was undoubtedly the wanderings of their ancestors ; those ancestors , 15 δι και Αληται και Τιτάνες καλούνται : who were dis- tinguished by the name of the Wanderers , and of Pindar ...
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Adriatic Amazonians Amazons antient Apollo apud Arkite Babylonia Bochart Byzant called Chaldea Chron coast coin Colchis colonies Cuthites Dæmon Deity Deluge denominated Deucalion Diodorus Dionusus Dionys Egypt Epidaurus esteemed Euroaquilo Euroclydon Eurus Euseb Grecians Greece Greeks Harduin Hellenes Hence Herodotus Hist Hyperboreans Ibid Iliad inscription insula Iön Ionian Iönim island Italy Kæmpfer Leleges likewise Lune Malta Melite mentioned Meropes nations natives original Pausan Pausanias Pelasgi person Pliny Plutarch poet quæ race region represented rites rock Roman sacred says Schol Scholia Scymnus Chius seems settled shew shewn ship signified speaks Steph stones Strabo styled supposed Syria taken notice Taureau temple term terre Thermodon things Thrace tion wind worship writers γαρ δε δι δια εθνος εις εκ εν επι εςι και κατα μεν περι πολις προς τας τε τες τοις ύπο ὡς
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Page 69 - And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.
Page 213 - He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; He burneth the chariot in the fire. Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
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Page 186 - Wherever this great family settled they were superior in science ; and though they degenerated by degrees and were oftentimes overpowered by a barbarous enemy, which reduced them to a state of obscurity, yet some traces of their original superiority were in most places to be found. Thus the Turdetani, one of those Iberian nations upon the great western ocean, are to the last represented as a most intelligent people. They are well acquainted, says Strabo, with grammar and have many written records...
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Page 208 - Avienua. 38 Aliique rursus Herculis dicunt viam. Stravisse quippe maria fertur Hercules, Iter ut pateret facile captivo gregi. These noble works were always dedicated to some Deity, and called by a sacred title : by which means the personage in aftertimes was supposed to have been the chief performer. The " Via Elora, called also Elorina, in Sicily, was one of these antient roads : as was the Via 4 ° Egnatia in Thrace ; which reached from Dyrrhachium to the Pontus Euxinus.
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Page 151 - The Celtic sages a tradition hold. That every drop of amber was a tear Shed by Apollo, when he fled from heaven, — For sorely did he weep, — and sorrowing passed Through many a doleful region, till he reached The sacred Hyperboreans...