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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Página xxxiv
... seem to have been little regarded . There will be an account exhi- bited of the Cimmerian , Hyperborean , and Amazonian nations , as well as of the people of Colchis ; in which the religion , rites , and original of those nations will ...
... seem to have been little regarded . There will be an account exhi- bited of the Cimmerian , Hyperborean , and Amazonian nations , as well as of the people of Colchis ; in which the religion , rites , and original of those nations will ...
Página xxxvi
... seems to me plain beyond doubt , that there were no such persons as the Grecian Argo- nauts : and that the expedition of Jason to Colchis was a fable . After having cleared my way , I shall pro- ceed to the sources , from whence the Gre ...
... seems to me plain beyond doubt , that there were no such persons as the Grecian Argo- nauts : and that the expedition of Jason to Colchis was a fable . After having cleared my way , I shall pro- ceed to the sources , from whence the Gre ...
Página xlii
... seem to be composed of the same , or similar elements ; and bear a manifest relation to the religion in use among the Amonians , and to the Deity which they adored . This deity was the Sun : and most of the antient names will be found ...
... seem to be composed of the same , or similar elements ; and bear a manifest relation to the religion in use among the Amonians , and to the Deity which they adored . This deity was the Sun : and most of the antient names will be found ...
Página xliii
... seem to have been composed out of these elements : and into the same prin- . ciples they may be again resolved by an easy , and fair evolution . I subjoin to these a short interpretation ; and at the same time produce different examples ...
... seem to have been composed out of these elements : and into the same prin- . ciples they may be again resolved by an easy , and fair evolution . I subjoin to these a short interpretation ; and at the same time produce different examples ...
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... seems , by the Egyptians and Syrians , to have been pronounced Cnaan : which was by the Greeks rendered Cnas , and Cna . Thus we are told by Stephanus Byzantinus , that the antient name of Phenicia was Cna . Χνα , έτως ἡ Φοινικη εκα ...
... seems , by the Egyptians and Syrians , to have been pronounced Cnaan : which was by the Greeks rendered Cnas , and Cna . Thus we are told by Stephanus Byzantinus , that the antient name of Phenicia was Cna . Χνα , έτως ἡ Φοινικη εκα ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Amonians antient antiquity Apollo Apollonius Rhodius apud Bochart called Callimachus Canaan cavern chief Chron Chus Clemens compounded Damascius Deity denominated derived Diodorus Siculus Dionusus divine Egypt Egyptians esteemed etymology Euseb Eusebius fire fountain Gods Grecians Greece Greeks Gruter Hanes Helladians Hence Herodotus Hesychius Homer honour Hymn Ibidem inscription Josephus Jupiter king language learned likewise Lycophron mentioned Mithras nations natives Omphi oracle oracular temple original Orphic Orus Osiris Pausanias Petra Pindar places Plin Pliny Plutarch poet Præp priests prince purport rendered rites river Romans sacred says Scholia shew shewn signifies Solis speaks Stephanus Stephanus Byzantinus Strabo styled Suidas supposed Syria takes notice term tion truth whence word worship writers Zeus γαρ δε δι δια Διος εις εκ εν επι ες εςι εσιν Ζευς και κατα μεν παρ παρα περι πολις προς τας τε τοις τῷ ὡς
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Página 374 - But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
Página 62 - After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized. 23 And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
Página 237 - Summe deum, sancti custos Soractis Apollo, 785 quem primi colimus, cui pineus ardor acervo pascitur et medium freti pietate per ignem cultores multa premimus vestigia pruna, da, pater, hoc nostris aboleri dedecus armis, omnipotens. Non exuvias pulsaeve tropaeum 790 virginis aut spolia ulla peto (mihi cetera laudem facta ferent) : haec dira meo dum vulnere pestis pulsa cadat, patrias remeabo inglorius urbes.
Página xiii - Observations upon the Plagues inflicted upon the Egyptians ; in which is shewn the Peculiarity of those Judgments, and their Correspondence with the Rites and Idolatry of that People ; with a prefatory discourse concerning the Grecian colonies from Egypt/
Página 374 - It is said of Cecrops that he first offered up this sort of sweet bread. Hence we may judge of the antiquity of the custom, from the times to which Cecrops is referred. The prophet Jeremiah takes notice of this kind of offering, when he is speaking of the Jewish women at Pathros, in Egypt, and of their base idolatry ; in all which their husbands had encouraged them. The women, in their expostulation upon his rebuke, tell him : " Did we make her cakes to worship her?
Página 58 - There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
Página 10 - And Cush begat Nimrod : he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. Wherefore it is said, even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Página 292 - But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel. And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
Página 244 - That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth ; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt...
Página xi - Observations on the Poems of Thomas Rowley, in which the Authenticity of these Poems is ascertained.