A New System, Or, An Analysis of Ancient Mythology: Wherein an Attempt is Made to Divest Tradition of Fable; and to Reduce the Truth to Its Original Purity, Volumen2J. Walker, W. J. and J. Richardson, 1807 |
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... etymology was not a little hazardous ; men of the greatest abilities have often failed in the use of it , while those of weak judgment have , by their application of it , rendered it the : source of the greatest absurdities , and almost ...
... etymology was not a little hazardous ; men of the greatest abilities have often failed in the use of it , while those of weak judgment have , by their application of it , rendered it the : source of the greatest absurdities , and almost ...
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... diligence with which our au- thor has applied his helps obtained from the scattered passages of antient authors and etymology , have enabled him to clear up the history of the remotest ages , and to b 2 OF THE AUTHOR . xix.
... diligence with which our au- thor has applied his helps obtained from the scattered passages of antient authors and etymology , have enabled him to clear up the history of the remotest ages , and to b 2 OF THE AUTHOR . xix.
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... etymological process , and by recurring to the primitive language of the people , concerning whom we are treating . As the Amonians betook themselves to regions widely separated ; we shall find in every place where they settled , the ...
... etymological process , and by recurring to the primitive language of the people , concerning whom we are treating . As the Amonians betook themselves to regions widely separated ; we shall find in every place where they settled , the ...
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... etymology . It occurs continually in Egyptian names of places , as well as in the composition of those , which belong to Deities , and men . It relates to fire , light , and heat ; and to the con- sequences of heat . We may , in some ...
... etymology . It occurs continually in Egyptian names of places , as well as in the composition of those , which belong to Deities , and men . It relates to fire , light , and heat ; and to the con- sequences of heat . We may , in some ...
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... etymology of the name . It is true that Pausanias supposes it to have been called τριας πολις , ειθ ̓ ἡ τε ναφθα πηγή , και τα πυρά , και το της Αναίας ( or Avaïtidos ) izgov . Strabo . 1. 16. p . 1072 . Of Anait see Strabo . 1.11 . p ...
... etymology of the name . It is true that Pausanias supposes it to have been called τριας πολις , ειθ ̓ ἡ τε ναφθα πηγή , και τα πυρά , και το της Αναίας ( or Avaïtidos ) izgov . Strabo . 1. 16. p . 1072 . Of Anait see Strabo . 1.11 . p ...
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Amonians antient antiquity Apollo Apollonius Rhodius apud Bochart called Callimachus Canaan cavern chief Chron Chus Clemens Colchis compounded Damascius Deity denominated derived Diodorus Siculus Dionusus divine Egypt Egyptians esteemed etymology Euseb Eusebius expressed 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 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 δια εις εκ εν επι εςι εσιν Ζευς και κατα μεν ου παρ παρα περι πολις προς τας τε τοις τῷ ὡς