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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... figure of a serpent . Hence there was given to the Spar- tan Menelaus a serpent for a device upon his shield the same also was depicted upon the 21 19 Julius Firmicus . p . 27 . 20 P. 303 . 21 Pausan . 1. 10. p . 863 . 22 shield , and ...
... figure of a serpent . Hence there was given to the Spar- tan Menelaus a serpent for a device upon his shield the same also was depicted upon the 21 19 Julius Firmicus . p . 27 . 20 P. 303 . 21 Pausan . 1. 10. p . 863 . 22 shield , and ...
Page 58
... figure of a shield : all which , says Pausanias , was done , that he might be known to have been a Spartan ( Eragros ) by descent . They worshipped the Sun , their supposed progeni- tor , whom they called Zan : and his images were ...
... figure of a shield : all which , says Pausanias , was done , that he might be known to have been a Spartan ( Eragros ) by descent . They worshipped the Sun , their supposed progeni- tor , whom they called Zan : and his images were ...
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... figure of a serpent . Hence the poet supposes the serpent , with which Jason engaged , to have been produced in these parts : 35 Ὃν αυτη Γαι ανέφυσεν Καυκασε εν κνημοισι Τυφαονιη ότι Πετρα . I have mentioned , that Egypt was called Ai ...
... figure of a serpent . Hence the poet supposes the serpent , with which Jason engaged , to have been produced in these parts : 35 Ὃν αυτη Γαι ανέφυσεν Καυκασε εν κνημοισι Τυφαονιη ότι Πετρα . I have mentioned , that Egypt was called Ai ...
Page 109
... figures of animals and flowers ; and afterwards dyed , like the linen of the Indians . And " Herodotus tells us , that the whole was so deeply tinctured , that no washing could efface the colours . They accordingly exported it to ...
... figures of animals and flowers ; and afterwards dyed , like the linen of the Indians . And " Herodotus tells us , that the whole was so deeply tinctured , that no washing could efface the colours . They accordingly exported it to ...
Page 129
... catervas Atticum pulsans solum Tanaïtis aut Mæotis Hippolytus . Act . 2. v . 399 . But they are generally supposed to have come from the Ther- modon . VOL . V. K powerful " nation , and made a considerable figure : ANTIENT MYTHOLOGY . 129.
... catervas Atticum pulsans solum Tanaïtis aut Mæotis Hippolytus . Act . 2. v . 399 . But they are generally supposed to have come from the Ther- modon . VOL . V. K powerful " nation , and made a considerable figure : ANTIENT MYTHOLOGY . 129.
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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.
Page 241 - I entered, into a porch cut out of the rock, which is of grayish stone : and on each side of that porch, there is the gigantic figure of a man, cut out of the, natural rock : and the walls are covered all over with other figures in relief, cut in the same manner. Having passed that porch, I found a square court, an hundred paces every way.
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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...