A New System: Or, An Analysis of Antient Mythology ...J. Walker, 1807 |
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... lights : thy stature is like a Palm tree . And the Psalmist for an encouragement to holiness , says , 9 that the righteous shall flourish like the Palm tree for the Palm was supposed to rise under a weight ; and to thrive in proportion ...
... lights : thy stature is like a Palm tree . And the Psalmist for an encouragement to holiness , says , 9 that the righteous shall flourish like the Palm tree for the Palm was supposed to rise under a weight ; and to thrive in proportion ...
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... light , Can - Our , the Chan - Orus of Egypt . But Can - Our , and Can - Ourah , they changed to xuvoσouga , as I have shewn : yet notwithstanding this corruption , the true name is often to be dis- covered . The place which is termed ...
... light , Can - Our , the Chan - Orus of Egypt . But Can - Our , and Can - Ourah , they changed to xuvoσouga , as I have shewn : yet notwithstanding this corruption , the true name is often to be dis- covered . The place which is termed ...
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... light recommended ; and attend to the mythology transmitted concerning them ; will be able by these helps to trace them to their original mean- ing . It is , I think , plain , that what the Grecians so often interpreted nuves , was an ...
... light recommended ; and attend to the mythology transmitted concerning them ; will be able by these helps to trace them to their original mean- ing . It is , I think , plain , that what the Grecians so often interpreted nuves , was an ...
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... light among other titles was styled Cahen , or Chan - Ades : but the term being taken in the same acceptation here , as in the instances above , the Deity was changed to a dog , and said to reside in the infernal regions . From hence he ...
... light among other titles was styled Cahen , or Chan - Ades : but the term being taken in the same acceptation here , as in the instances above , the Deity was changed to a dog , and said to reside in the infernal regions . From hence he ...
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... light , Kuv - dns ; and such was the purport of that name . He was the same as Apollo , as may be proved from the Cunida at Athens , who were a family set apart for his ser- vice . Κυννίδαι , γενος Αθήνησιν , εξ ου ὁ ἱερεύς τε Κυνικ ...
... light , Kuv - dns ; and such was the purport of that name . He was the same as Apollo , as may be proved from the Cunida at Athens , who were a family set apart for his ser- vice . Κυννίδαι , γενος Αθήνησιν , εξ ου ὁ ἱερεύς τε Κυνικ ...
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æra alluded altar Amonians antient Apollo apud Babylonia Boeotia built Byzant Cadmians Cadmus Cahen called Canaan Chron Chus Clemens Colchis Cuthites Cyclopes Cyclopians Deity denominated Diodorus Sicul Diodorus Siculus Dionusus dragon earth Egypt Egyptians esteemed Euseb fire Grecians Greece Greeks Hence Hercules Hermes Herodotus Hivites Homer Hymn Ibid island Jupiter king likewise Lycophron mentioned nations natives Nonnus Odyss Ophel Ophite Orpheus Orus Osiris particularly Pausan Pausanias Perseus person personage Phrygia Pliny Plutarch Poets priests purport rendered represented rites river sacred says Schol Scholia Scholiast Semiramis serpent Sesostris settled shew shewn Sicily signified speaks Steph Stephanus Strabo styled Suidas supposed swans Syria takes notice temple term Thrace tion tomb towers whence worship writers Zoroaster γαρ δε δι δια εις εκ εν ην και κατα μεν παρ παρα περι πολις τας τε τοις ὡς
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Page 75 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Page 70 - This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law. Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
Page 168 - And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.
Page 70 - And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.
Page 179 - Jam senior longa placidas in pace regebat. Hunc Fauno et nympha genitum Laurente Marica Accipimus. Fauno Picus pater : isque parentem Te, Saturne, refert ; tu sanguinis ultimus auctor.
Page 7 - The Lord of Hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.
Page 43 - Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow : for even both these are abomination unto the LORD thy God.
Page 278 - Next, where the Sirens dwell, you plough the seas; Their song is death, and makes destruction please. Unblest the man, whom music wins to stay Nigh the curst shore, and listen to the lay.
Page 270 - In the island of Chios it was a religious custom to tear a man limb from limb by way of sacrifice to Dionusus. The same obtained in Tenedos. It is Porphyry, who gives the account. He was a staunch Pagan, and his evidence on that account is of consequence.
Page 279 - Nigh the cursed shore, and listen to the lay. No more that wretch shall view the joys of life, His blooming offspring, or his beauteous wife ! In verdant meads they sport ; and wide around Lie human bones, that whiten all the ground : The ground polluted floats with human gore, And human carnage taints the dreadful shore.