A New System: Or, An Analysis of Antient Mythology ...J. Walker, 1807 |
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... mentioned , that the like terms , and worship , and allusions to the same history , prevailed at Sidon , and in Syria . The city Antioch upon the Orontes was called Iönah . Ιωνης έτως εκαλείτο ή Αντιόχεια , ή επι Δάφνη , ἣν ῳκισαν Agy ...
... mentioned , that the like terms , and worship , and allusions to the same history , prevailed at Sidon , and in Syria . The city Antioch upon the Orontes was called Iönah . Ιωνης έτως εκαλείτο ή Αντιόχεια , ή επι Δάφνη , ἣν ῳκισαν Agy ...
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... mentioned ; who , at various times , and in different bodies , betook themselves very early to countries far remote . One part of their travel is about Ara- rat and Caucasus ; and what were afterwards called the Gordiæan mountains . In ...
... mentioned ; who , at various times , and in different bodies , betook themselves very early to countries far remote . One part of their travel is about Ara- rat and Caucasus ; and what were afterwards called the Gordiæan mountains . In ...
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... mentioned of this Iön . He was exposed in an Ark ; and in the Ark said to have been crowned , not with laurel , as 13 Euripid . Iön . v . 661 . 14 Ibid . v . 802 . we might expect the reputed son of Apollo to have 6 THE ANALYSIS OF.
... mentioned of this Iön . He was exposed in an Ark ; and in the Ark said to have been crowned , not with laurel , as 13 Euripid . Iön . v . 661 . 14 Ibid . v . 802 . we might expect the reputed son of Apollo to have 6 THE ANALYSIS OF.
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... mentioned by Moses ; and was the first place in the " desert , at which the Israelites halted , after they had left Succoth . The author of the Fascicu- lus says , that Ionichus was a son of Noah , of whom Moses makes no mention . The ...
... mentioned by Moses ; and was the first place in the " desert , at which the Israelites halted , after they had left Succoth . The author of the Fascicu- lus says , that Ionichus was a son of Noah , of whom Moses makes no mention . The ...
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... mentioned as a dif- ferent race : 19 Evfa de BowTo . xai laces i ^ xixITUDES . " Cedren . vol . I. p . 40. See also Des . b . Chron . p . 14 , " Homer , ftad . N. v . 685 . And Attica is said by Strabo to have been called 12 THE ANALYSIS ...
... mentioned as a dif- ferent race : 19 Evfa de BowTo . xai laces i ^ xixITUDES . " Cedren . vol . I. p . 40. See also Des . b . Chron . p . 14 , " Homer , ftad . N. v . 685 . And Attica is said by Strabo to have been called 12 THE ANALYSIS ...
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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.
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