A New System: Or, An Analysis of Antient Mythology ...J. Walker, 1807 |
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... writer terms Minoa , the other renders Eλnn ; which is a true interpretation of 5 M , the Moon , the name of the dcified person , Meen - Noah . I have mentioned , that the like terms , and worship , and allusions to the same history ...
... writer terms Minoa , the other renders Eλnn ; which is a true interpretation of 5 M , the Moon , the name of the dcified person , Meen - Noah . I have mentioned , that the like terms , and worship , and allusions to the same history ...
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... writer here mentions is , that Hellas was of old called Ian , or Jacan ; be- cause the natives were esteemed Iannes , or Javanes ; being the posterity of the person so named . Ste- 30 Strabo . 1. 9. p . 600 . " Schol . in Acharn . v ...
... writer here mentions is , that Hellas was of old called Ian , or Jacan ; be- cause the natives were esteemed Iannes , or Javanes ; being the posterity of the person so named . Ste- 30 Strabo . 1. 9. p . 600 . " Schol . in Acharn . v ...
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... writers have not uniformly appropriated this appellation but have sometimes bestowed it upon other personages ; such however as had no relation to the line of Japhet . It may be difficult to deter- mine , whom they most particularly ...
... writers have not uniformly appropriated this appellation but have sometimes bestowed it upon other personages ; such however as had no relation to the line of Japhet . It may be difficult to deter- mine , whom they most particularly ...
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... writers , when they treat of the prin- cipal of their ancestors , suppose Hellen to have been the son of Deucalion , and Iön the son of Xuthus . Dorus is introduced a degree later , and made the son of Hellen . But in these points ...
... writers , when they treat of the prin- cipal of their ancestors , suppose Hellen to have been the son of Deucalion , and Iön the son of Xuthus . Dorus is introduced a degree later , and made the son of Hellen . But in these points ...
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... writer upon the sub- ject ; that the Dorians , like their brethren the Iö- nim , were not the first occupiers of the country . They were colonies from Egypt : and Herodotus speaks of all the heads and leaders of this people as coming ...
... writer upon the sub- ject ; that the Dorians , like their brethren the Iö- nim , were not the first occupiers of the country . They were colonies from Egypt : and Herodotus speaks of all the heads and leaders of this people as coming ...
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Adriatic Æneid Amazonians Amazons antient Apollo apud Arkite Babylonia Bochart Byzant called Chaldea Chron coast coin Colchis colonies Cuthites Deity Deluge denominated Deucalion Diodorus Dionusus Dionys Egypt Epidaurus Euroaquilo Euroclydon Eurus Euseb Grecians Greece Greeks Harduin Heber Hellenes Hence Herodotus Hist Homer Hyperboreans Ibid inscription Iön Ionian Iönim island Italy Kæmpfer Leleges likewise Lune Malta Melite mentioned Meropes nations natives original Pausan Pausanias Pelasgi person Phrygia 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 Titanians wind worship writers γαρ δε δια εις εκ εν εξ επι εςι και κατα μεν περι πολις προς τας τε της τοις τῷ ύπο
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Page 209 - 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.
Page 81 - 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 178 - Damascus was thy merchant In the multitude of the wares of thy making, For the multitude of all riches, In the wine of Helbon and white wool.
Page 173 - Excisum Euboicae latus ingens rupis in antrum, Quo lati ducunt aditus centum, ostia centum ; Unde ruunt totidem voces, responsa Sibyllae. Ventum erat ad limen, cum virgo, Poscere fata 45 Tempus, ait ; deus, ecce, deus...
Page 275 - There seems to have been a notion, which of old prevailed greatly, that the antediluvian world was under a curse, and the earth very barren. Hence the ancient mythologists refer the commencement of all plenty as well as of happiness in life, to the aera of the Deluge.
Page 80 - For they left the way of their ancestors, and worshipped the God of heaven, the God whom they knew: so they cast them out from the face of their gods, and they fled into Mesopotamia, and sojourned there many days.
Page 127 - Maeotas, were Amazonians. So were all the lonians ; and the Atlantians of Mauritania. They were in general Cuthite colonies from Egypt and Syria : and as they worshipped the Sun, they were called Azones, Amazones, Alazones ; which are names of the same purport ; and have equally a reference to the national object of 77 worship.
Page 196 - The stones thus placed, they oftentimes poized so equably, that they were affected with the least external force, — nay, a breath of wind would sometimes make them vibrate.
Page 276 - Je prie Ormusd, je prie Amschaspands, 1 je prie la Lune, qui garde la semence du Taureau ; je prie en regardant en haut, je prie en regardant en bas,—que la Lune me soit favorable, elle, qui conserve la semence du Taureau ; qui a été créé unique, et dont sont venus des animaux de beaucoup d'espèces: je lui fais izeschné, et néaesch...
Page 307 - Observations and Inquiries relating to various parts of Ancient History : containing Dissertations on the wind Euroclydon, and on the Island Melite, together with an account of Egypt in its most early state, and of the Shepherd Kings...