Observations Upon the Plagues Inflicted Upon the Egyptians: In which is Shewn the Peculiarity of Those Judgments, and Their Correspondence with the Rites and Idolatries of that People. To which is Prefixed, a Prefatory Discourse, Concerning the Grecian Colonies from Egypt |
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And Bochart tells us , that among the Arabians a frog was stiled 1777 Kura . '
From hence I should be led to think that it was sacred to the reputed god of light ,
who was distinguished by this name . · This is certain , that the same term
expressed ...
And Bochart tells us , that among the Arabians a frog was stiled 1777 Kura . '
From hence I should be led to think that it was sacred to the reputed god of light ,
who was distinguished by this name . · This is certain , that the same term
expressed ...
Page 66
Upon Ahaziah's being ill he sent to the goddess Accaron , which was stiled the
Fly Deity . This is certainly the meaning of Syncellus also : who says , that.
εκαλειτο . . ' There was no Accaronitæ here , nor any place stiled Ekfon , or
Accaron .
Upon Ahaziah's being ill he sent to the goddess Accaron , which was stiled the
Fly Deity . This is certainly the meaning of Syncellus also : who says , that.
εκαλειτο . . ' There was no Accaronitæ here , nor any place stiled Ekfon , or
Accaron .
Page 69
... for a farther confirmation . Frequent Prohibitions against this Worship . We have
sufficiently shewn , that in many parts of the world flies were reverenced ; and that
there were sacrifices offered to them . Moreover , that there was a deity stiled ...
... for a farther confirmation . Frequent Prohibitions against this Worship . We have
sufficiently shewn , that in many parts of the world flies were reverenced ; and that
there were sacrifices offered to them . Moreover , that there was a deity stiled ...
Page 138
They stiled locusts xogvorec , cornopes ; which the other Grecians called
parnopes ; and they worshipped Hercules under the title of Cornopion , for
having freed their country from locusts . We may suppose , that the same
department was ...
They stiled locusts xogvorec , cornopes ; which the other Grecians called
parnopes ; and they worshipped Hercules under the title of Cornopion , for
having freed their country from locusts . We may suppose , that the same
department was ...
Page 309
3 The Nile was stiled Oceanus . Οι Αιγυπτιοι νομιζεσιν ΩκΚανον ειναι τον παρ '
αυτοις Νειλον . Diodorus Sic . l . 1. p . 12 . Τον δε ποταμον αρχαιοτατον μεν ονομα
σκειν Ωκεαμην , or as some read , Axsamy , és 85tv imamısı wxixvos . Ibid . p . 17 .
3 The Nile was stiled Oceanus . Οι Αιγυπτιοι νομιζεσιν ΩκΚανον ειναι τον παρ '
αυτοις Νειλον . Diodorus Sic . l . 1. p . 12 . Τον δε ποταμον αρχαιοτατον μεν ονομα
σκειν Ωκεαμην , or as some read , Axsamy , és 85tv imamısı wxixvos . Ibid . p . 17 .
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| Title | Observations Upon the Plagues Inflicted Upon the Egyptians: In which is Shewn the Peculiarity of Those Judgments, and Their Correspondence with the Rites and Idolatries of that People. To which is Prefixed, a Prefatory Discourse, Concerning the Grecian Colonies from Egypt |
| Author | Jacob Bryant |
| Publisher | T. Hamilton and R. Ogle, 1810 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 2 Oct 2007 |
| Length | 392 pages |
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