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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... called Iönah . 6 Ιωνη έτως εκαλείτο ἡ Αντιοχεία , ἡ επι Δαφνῃ , ἦν ῳκισαν Agyao . Who these Argeans were , that founded this city Iönah , needs not , I believe , any explana- tion . It was mentioned above , that Iö , among her various ...
... called Iönah . 6 Ιωνη έτως εκαλείτο ἡ Αντιοχεία , ἡ επι Δαφνῃ , ἦν ῳκισαν Agyao . Who these Argeans were , that founded this city Iönah , needs not , I believe , any explana- tion . It was mentioned above , that Iö , among her various ...
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... called Hellas , was originally oc- cupied by a people of another race , whom they styled 10 Bagbago : that their own ancestors came under different denominations , which they took from their mode of worship . Among others were the Iönim ...
... called Hellas , was originally oc- cupied by a people of another race , whom they styled 10 Bagbago : that their own ancestors came under different denominations , which they took from their mode of worship . Among others were the Iönim ...
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... called both Ionia , and Ias : 30 yag Αττικη το παλαιον Ιωνια και Ιας εκαλείτο . We find from hence , that it had two names ; the latter of which , I should imagine , was that by which the primitive inhabitants were called . The Grecians ...
... called both Ionia , and Ias : 30 yag Αττικη το παλαιον Ιωνια και Ιας εκαλείτο . We find from hence , that it had two names ; the latter of which , I should imagine , was that by which the primitive inhabitants were called . The Grecians ...
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... called Deucalion . He is made coæval with the Deluge ; and represented as the brother to the first - born of mankind : by which is meant the first - born from that great event : for the Deluge was always the ultimate , to which they re ...
... called Deucalion . He is made coæval with the Deluge ; and represented as the brother to the first - born of mankind : by which is meant the first - born from that great event : for the Deluge was always the ultimate , to which they re ...
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... called also Elli and Selli : under the former of which titles they are mentioned by Hesychius ; Ἑλλοι Έλληνες , οι εν Δωδώνη , και οι Ιερείς . This country was the first " Hellas ; and here were the original Hellenes ; and from them the ...
... called also Elli and Selli : under the former of which titles they are mentioned by Hesychius ; Ἑλλοι Έλληνες , οι εν Δωδώνη , και οι Ιερείς . This country was the first " Hellas ; and here were the original Hellenes ; and from them the ...
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