Gymnic exercises. Herodot. l. 2. c. 91. And to have often appeared
personally to the priests. Herodot. ibid.
Herodotus of the Dorians. l. 6. c. 54.
[808] [Greek: En larnaki xulinoi]. Schol. in Lycophr. v. 838.
[Greek: En kibotoi tini]. Chron. Pasch. p. 38. from Euripides.
The father of Danae [Greek: eneirxas auten eis ten Kiboton meta tou PAIDOS
katheken eis to pelagos.] Schol. in Pind. Pyth. Od. 10. v. 72.
[809] All salutary streams were consecrated to the Sun. There were some
waters of this nature near Carthage, which were named Aquae Persianae. See
Apuleii Florida. c. 16. p. 795, and p. 801. They were so named from Perez,
the Sun, to whom they were sacred.
[810] Ovid. Trist. l. 1. eleg. 3. v. 48. See Natalis Comes. l. 7. c. 18.
[811] Polyb. l. 5. p. 389.
[812] Plin. Hist. Nat. l. 6. c. 16. See Q. Curtius, and Strabo.
[813] Parrhasii in Hyrcania. Strabo. l. 11. p. 775.
[814] Plin. Hist. Nat. l. 2. c. 98.
[815] Of Parrhasians in Arcadia. Strabo. l. 8. p. 595. See Plin. Hist. Nat.
l. 4. c. 6.
[Greek: Huios Dinutta Damarchos ten d' anetheken]
[Greek: Eikon', ap' Arkadias Parrhasios genean.]
Pausan. l. 6. p. 471. See also l. 8. p. 654.
[816] Plato in Alcibiad. vol. 2. p. 120.
[817] Herodot. l. 7. c. 150.
[818] Statii Theb. l. 1. v. 717.
[819] Diodorus Sicul. l. 3. p. 185.
[820] [Greek: Pollais geneais proteron ton Troikon.] Ibid.
[821] [Greek: Tes Libues en tois pros hesperan meresin epi tou peratos tes
oikoumenes.] Diodorus Sic. l. 3. p. 186.
She likewise was in possession of the [Greek: nesoi eudaimones], or Islands
of the blessed, which lay opposite to her dominions in Africa.
[822] Writers mention that she raised over the slain three large mounds of
earth, which were called [Greek: taphoi Amazonon], the tombs of the
Amazons. This shews that the Gorgons and Amazons were the same people,
however separated, and represented in a state of warfare.
[823] Iliad [Beta]. v. 811. [Greek: Murina; onoma kurion Amazonos.] Scholia
ibid.
[824] Diodorus Sicul. l. 4. p. 216, 217, 225, 227, &c. See also Justin. l.
44. c. 4. and Apollodorus. l. 2. p. 100.
Hercules of Tyre was said to have been the Son of Athamas, the same as
Palaemon.
[825] Ludovicus Nonnius in Hispania. p. 196, 170.
[826] Diodorus Sicul. l. 4. p. 227.
Corunna the same as Kir-Ona.
Many Amonian cities of similar analogy to Alesia.
[827] Diodorus, above.
[828] [Greek: Chrusa mela--probata.] Schol. in Apollon. Argonaut. l. 4. v.
1396. [Greek: ex Agroitou en g' Libukon.]
[829] [Greek: Ton Heraklea, summachounton autoi ton theon, kratesai tei
machei, kai tous pleistous anelonta ten choran exemerosai.] Diodorus Sicul.
l. 4. p. 229. Strabo. l. 5. p. 376. and l. 6. p. 430.
[830] Strabo. l. 15. p. 1007. and l. 11. p. 771. Diodorus Sic. l. 2. p.
124.
[831] Arrian. Hist. Indica. p. 321.
[832] Herod. l. 4. c. 9. Aristid. Orat. v. 1. p. 85.
[833] Ovid. Metam. l. 11. v. 218.
[834] Poculo Herculem vectum ad Erytheiam. Macrob. Sat. l. 5. c. 21.
Apollodorus. l. 2. p. 100. Schol. Apollon. Argonaut. l. 4. v. 1396. from
Pherecydes Syrus; and from the Libyca of Agroitas. [Greek: Labon chrusoun
depas par' Heliou--dia tou okeanou plein.]
[835] Strabo. l. 3. p. 237. He was supposed to have been the founder of
Tartossus, where he was worshipped under the name of Archaleus. Etymolog.
Mag. [Greek: Gadara.]
[836] Syncellus. p. 171.
[837] Pomponius Mela. l. 3. c. 6.
[838] Athenaeus. l. 12. c. 512.
[839] Strabo. l. 15. p. 1009. [Greek: Plasma ton Herakleian poiounton.]
[840] Nat. Deorum. l. 3. c. 16.
[841] Arrian speaks of this Indian Hercules, together with the others
mentioned by Cicero. [Greek: Ei de toi pista tauta, allos an outos
Heraklees eie, ouch ho Thebaios, e ho Turios houtos, e ho Aiguptios, e tis
kai kata ano choren ou porrho tes Indon ges oikismenen megas basileus.]
Hist. Ind. p. 319. Varro mentions forty of this name, who were all reputed
Deities.
[842] See Ludovicus Nonnius, in Hispan. p. 196, 170.
[843] See Audigier Origines des Francois. part. 1. p. 225, 230.
[844] Mela. l. 2. c. 5. l. 30.
[845] Petronius. p. 179. Est locus Herculeis aris sacer.
[846] He was worshipped by the Suraceni, a particular Indian nation, who
styled him [Greek: Gegenes], or the Man of the Earth. Arrian. Hist. Indic.
p. 321.
[847] Hercules apud Celtas. See Voss. de Idolat. l. 1. c. 35. l. 2. c. 15.
[848] Eumenius in Orat. pro Scholis instaurandis. See Lilius Gyraldus,
Synt. 10. p. 330.
[849] Suetonius in Augusto. c. 29. Livy. l. 40. c. 51.
[850] Johan. Sambuci Emblemata.
[851] He was the same as Osiris, the Sun. [Greek: Ton en pasi kai dia
panton Helion.] Macrob. Saturn. l. 1. c. 20. p. 207. See Porphyry apud
Euseb. Praep. Evang. l. 3. p. 112.
[852] See Lilius Gyraldus Syntag. 10. p. 592. Pausanias expresses the name
[Greek: Aichmagoras]. l. 8. p. 624.
[853] Lilius Gyrald p. 595.
[854] In the following extracts we may see the character of this Deity
among different nations. [Greek: Heraklea de hontina es Indous aphikesthai
logos katechei par' autoisin Indoisin Gegenea legesthai; touton toi
Heraklea malista pros Surasenon gerairesthai, Indikou ethnous.] Arrian.
Hist. Ind. p. 321.
[Greek: Alla tis archaios esti theos Aiguptioisi Heraklees; hos de autoi
legousi etea esti eptakischilia kai meria es Amasin basileusanta.] Herod.
l. 2. c. 43. [Greek: All' ismen Aiguptious, hoson tina agousin Heraklea,
kai Turious, hoti proton sebousi Theon.] Aristid. Orat. v. 1. p. 59. He had
at Tyre a Temple, as old as the city. [Greek: Ephasan gar hama Turoi
oikizomenei kai to Hieron tou theou hidrunthenai.] Herod. l. 2. c. 44.
[Greek: Esti gar en Turoi Hieron Herakleous palaiotaton, hon mnemei
anthropinei diasosetai; ou tou Argeiou Herakleous. k. l.] Arrian. Expedit.
Alex. p. 88.
[855] Diodorus Sic. l. 3. p. 195. 196. and p. 200.
[856] [Greek: Dionusou apogonous Oxudrakas.] Strabo. l. 15. p. 1008. The
Tyrians laid the same claim to him. [Greek: Ton Dionuson Turioi nomizousin
heauton einai.] Achill. Tatius. l. 2. p. 67. So did likewise the Cretans,
and the people of Naxos. Some of the Libyans maintained, that he was
educated in the grotto of the Nymphs upon the river Triton. Diodor. Sic. l.
3. p. 202. 203. Concerning Dionusus the benefactor, see Arrian. Hist. Ind.
p. 321.
Of his coming to India from the west. Philostratus. l. 2. p. 64. [Greek:
Epeluton auton Assurion.]
[857] Of his travels, see Strabo. l. 15. p. 1008.
[858] [Greek: Ton d' oun Dionuson, epelthonta meta stratopedou pasan ten
oikoumenen, didaxai ten phuteian tou ampelou.] Diodor. Sic. l. 3. p. 197.
[Greek: Kai pro Alexandrou, Dionusou peri pollos logos katechei, hos kai
toutou strateusantos es Indous.] Arrian. Hist. Indic. p. 318.
[859] Diodorus. l. 3. p. 204.
[860] [Greek: Indous kai Turrhenous legousin, hos katestrepsato
(Dionusos).] Aristid. Orat. in Dionus. p. 54.
[861] Cic. de Nat. Deor. l. 3. c. 23. Of the various places of his birth,
see Diodorus Sic. l. 3. p. 200.
[862] Linus, Orpheus, Panopides, Thymaetes, and Dionysius Milesius, Diodorus
Sic. l. 3. p. 201.
[863] It was a common subject for Elegy. Plutarch. Isis et Osir.
[Greek: Poiesometha de ten archen apo Dionusou, dio kai palaion einai
sphodra touton, kai megistais euergesiais katatetheisthai toi genei ton
anthropon.] Diodorus Sicul. l. 4. p. 210.
[Greek: Linon phasi tois Pelasgikois grammasi suntaxamenon tas tou protou
Dionusou praxeis.] Diodorus Sic. l. 3. p. 201.
[864] L. 4. p. 210.
[Greek: Ton Osirin Dionuson einai legousin.] Herodot. l. 2. c. 42. c. 145.
[865] The Indians gave the same account of Dionusus, as the Egyptians did
of Osiris. [Greek: Polias te oikesai (Dionuson) kai nomous thesthai teisi
polesin, oinou te dotera Indois genesthai;--kai speirein didaxai ten gen,
didonta auton spermata;--boas te hup' arotroi zeuxai Dionuson proton;--kai
theous sebein hoti edidaxe Dionusos--ktl.] Arrian. Hist. Indic. p. 321.
[866] Pausan. l. 3. p. 272. As his rites came originally from Chaldea, and
the land of Ur, he is in consequence of it often styled [Greek: Purigenes,
amd Purisporos;] Strabo. l. 13. p. 932. [Greek: Elthe, makar Dionuse,
PYRISPORE, taurometope.] Orphic. Hymn. 44. v. 1.
[867] There was a cavern, where they supposed him to be buried, at Delphi,
[Greek: para chruseoi Apolloni.] Cyril contra Jul. p. 342.
[868] [Greek: Kronos perieon ten oikoumenen.] Sanchoniath. apud Euseb.
Praep. Evang. l. 1. c. 10. p. 38.
[869] [Greek: Ton men oun Kronon onta presbutaton basilea genesthai; kai
tous kath' heauton anthropous ex agriou diaites eis bion hemeron
metastesai, kai dia touto apodoches megales tuchonta pollous epelthein tes
oikoumenes topous; eisegesasthai de pasi ten te dikaiosunen kai ten
haploteta tes psuches.] Diodorus Sicul. l. 5. p. 334.
[870] [Greek: Ouranon--tous anthropous sporaden oikountas sunagagein eis
poleos peribolon, kai tes men anomias kai theriodous biou
pausai--kataktesasthai de auton tes oikoumenes ten pleisten.] Ibid. l. 3.
p. 1*9.
[871] [Greek: Apollona meta Themidos, ophelesai boulomenon to genos hemon;
eita ten opheleian eipon, hoti eis hemeroteta proukaleito.] Strabo. l. 9.
p. 646.
[872] [Greek: Kath' hon chronon Apollona ten gen epionta hemeroun tous
anthropous apo te ton anemeron karpon kai bion.] Ibid.
[873] Diodorus Sicul. l. 3. p. 195.
The wanderings of Isis and Iona relate to the same history: as do likewise
those of Cadmus.
[874] Eusebii Chron. p. 7. l. 37.
[875] [Greek: Thoulis. Houtos ebasileuse pases Aiguptou, kai heos okeanou;
kai mian ton en autoi neson ekalesen apo tou idiou onomatos Thoulen.]
Suidas.
[876] [Greek: Meta Osirin ebasileusen Oros; kai meta ton Oron ebasileuse
Thoulis, hostis parelabe meta dunameos tinos pasan ten gen heos tou
okeanou.] Chron. Pasch. p. 46.
He is mentioned by Cedrenus. [Greek: Thoules, hos kai heos tou okeanou
pusan ten gen pareilephen.] p. 20.
[877] Diodorus Sicul. l. 1. p. 49.
[878] See Apollon. Argonaut. l. 4. v. 277. and Herodot. l. 2. c. 102.
Syncellus. p. 59, 60
[879] Diodorus Sic. above. He was near losing his whole army.
[880] [Greek: Ten de choran hoplois katestrepsato tois heautou Basileus
Basileon, kai Despotes Despoton Sesoosis.] Diodor. Sicul. ibid.
[881] He passed through all Ethiopia to the Cinnamon country. Strabo. l.
17. p. 1138. This must be Indica Ethiopia, and the island Seran-Dive. Hence
came Cinnamon: here were [Greek: stelai kai epigraphai.]
Venit ad occasum, mundique extrema Sesostris. Lucan. l. 10. v. 276
[882] [Greek: Sesostris ete me, hos hapasan echeirosato ten Asian en
eniautois ennea.] Syncellus. p. 59.
Some make him advance farther, and conquer all Europe: [Greek: homoios
hupetaxe kai ten Asian pasan, kai TEN EUROPEN, kai ten Skuthian, kai ten
Musian.] Chron. Pasch. p. 47. Herodotus thinks he did not proceed farther
than Thrace. l. 2. c. 103.
[883] Diodorus Sicul. l. 1. p. 49.
[884] Of all the great actions of Sesostris, see Marsham. Can. Chron. sec.
14. p. 354.
[885] [Greek: Peri de touton to men alethes ekthesthai met' akribeias ou
rhadion.] Diodorus Sicul. L. 1. p. 52.
[886] Sir John Marsham's Can. Chron. sec. 14. p. 354.
Sir Isaac Newton's Chronology, p. 217.
[887] 1 Kings. c. 14. v. 25, 26. _And it came to pass, that in the fifth
year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem
(because they had transgressed against the Lord); with twelve hundred
chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen; and the people were without
number, that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the
Ethiopians._ 2 Chron. c. 12. v. 2, 3.
[888] [Greek: Paralaboin de Sousakos amacheti ten polin]. Joseph. Antiq. l.
8. c. 10.
[889] Sethosis of Josephus contra Apion. l. 1. p. 447.
[890] Euseb. Chron. p. 7. l. 43. [Greek: Thoules; meta de touton
Sesostris.]
[891] [Greek: Sesonchosis, Aiguptou pases basileus meta Oron tes Isidos kai
Osiridos paida, ten men Asian hormesas pasan katestrepsato, homoios de ta
pleista tes Europes. Theopompos de en tritoi Sesostrin auton kalei.]
Schol. in Apollon. Argonaut. l. 4. v. 272.
[892] [Greek: Dikaiarchos en protoi, meta ton Isidos kai Osiridos Oron,
basilea gegonenai Sesonchosin legei; hoste genesthai apo tes Sesonchosidos
basileias mechri tes Neilou ete dischilia.] Schol. in Apollon. Argonaut.
ibid.
[893] Cedrenus. v. 1. p. 20. Osiris, Orus, Thoules, Sesostris.
[894] Succeeded by [Greek: Pharao.] Chron. Pasch. p. 48.
[895] Joannes Antiochenus has borrowed the same history, and calls this
king Sostris. [Greek: Ebasileusen Aiguption protos ek tes phules tou Cham
Sostris.] p. 23. He adds, that Sostris, or Sesostris, lived in the time of
Hermes, [Greek: Hermes ho trismegistos Aiguptios.] He was succeeded by
Pharaoh, [Greek: protos], the first of the name. Ibid. Herodotus calls him
Pheron, and Pherona. l. 2. c. 111.
[896] [Greek: Polu huperteinei tois chronois ten Mino basileian he
Sesostrios.] Politic. l. 7. c. 10.
[897] Apollon. Argonaut. l. 4. v. 272. [Greek: Enthen de tina
phasi--Sesonchosis, Aiguptou pases basileus--Theopompos de en tritoi
Sesostrin auton kalei.] Schol. ibid.
[Greek: Peri de ton chronon, kath' hous egeneto Sesonchosis, ho men
Apollonios touto monon phesi, polus gar aden apenenothen aion.] Schol.
ibid.
Lycophron speaks of Apollo [Greek: Zosterios], and a promontory [Greek:
Zosterion, en hoi hieron Zosteriou Apollonos.] Schol. ad v. 1278.
[898] Schol. Apollon. l. 4. v. 272. Syncellus joins him with Serapis. p.
91.
[899] Herodotus. l. 2. c. 144.
[Greek: Oupo teirea panta k. t. l.] Apollon. Argonaut. l. 4. v. 261. See
the whole, and Schol. ibid.
[900] Canon. Chronic. Sec. 10. p. 238, 239.
[901] Quis igitur Sesonchosis ille, qui, Menen antevertens annis amplius
5000, inter Semideos locum habere videatur? Marsham. Canon Chronic. Sec.
10. p. 238.
Sesostris in XII. Africani Dynastia (quae Eusobiani Canonis epocham
antevertit) ex Scaligeri calculis regnavit anno Per. Jul. 1392: quo
ratiocinio Sesostris factus est annos 2355 ipso Sesostre senior. Nam ex S.
literis (suo loco) apparebit, Sesostrim expeditionem suscepisse in Asiam,
et Hierosolyma cepisse Anno Per. Jul. 3747. Ibid. p. 239.
[902] Antiq. l. 8. c. 10. p. 449. and 450.
[903] He came merely as a confederate to Jeroboam, in favour of the kingdom
of Israel; and his intention was to ruin Judah: but his cruel purpose was
averted by the voluntary submission both of the king and people; and by the
treasures they gave up to him, which were the purchase of their security.
[904] Hercules is said to have commanded the armies of Osiris. Diodorus.
Sicul. l. 1. p. 15.
[905] L. 2. c. 106. Concerning the interpretation of these emblems, see
Joan Pierii Hieroglyph. l. 34. c. 20.
[906] Pausan. l. 1. p. 101. The Statue remains to this day. In like manner
it was reported that Dionusus raised Pillars. Strabo. l. 3. p. 260.
[Greek: Entha te kai Stelai Thebaigeneos Dionusou]. Dionys. Perieg. v. 623.
Hercules erected the like. All which was done by people styled Dionysians
and Herculeans.
[907] Joshua. c. 12. v. 24. Adonibezek had threescore and ten vassal
princes at his feet; if the headman of every village may be so called.
Judges. c. 1. v. 7.
[908] Benhadad of Damascus was attended with thirty-two kings, when he
invaded Samaria. 1 Kings. c. 20. v. 1.
[909] The people plowed, and sowed, and had fruits, and pastures, within
their walls.
[910] 2 Kings. c. 17. v. 6. and c. 18. v. 11. and v. 34. Isaiah. c. 10. v.
9. c. 37. v. 13.
[911] Diodorus Sicul. l. 2. p. 90.
[912] Diodorus Sicul. l. 1. p. 91.
[913] Ibid. p. 92.
[914] [Greek: Haute men apedexato chomata ana to pedion eonta axiotheeta.]
Herod. l. 1. c. 184.
Such [Greek: chomata] were raised by the Amonians in all places where they
settled, called [Greek: taphoi].
Four such were in Troas. [Greek: Eisi men oun lophoi tettares, Olumpioi
kaloumenoi.] Strabo. l. 10. p. 720. There were such also of the Amazons in
Mauritania.
[915] She carried back but twenty men, according to Strabo. l. 15. p. 1051.
[916] Chron. Paschale. p. 36. Semiramis was, we find, Rhea: and Rhea was
the same as Cybele, the mother of the Gods: [Greek: ten Rhean, Kibelen, kai
Kuben, kai Dindumenen.] Strabo. l. 10. p. 721.
[917] Cononis narrationes apud Phot. p. 427.
[918] Herodot. l. 1. c. 184. five ages ([Greek: geneai]) before Nitocris
the mother of Labynitus, whom Cyrus conquered.
It may be worth while to observe the different opinions of authors about
the time, when Semiramis is supposed to have lived.
Years.
According to Syncellus she lived before Christ 2177
Petavius makes the term 2060
Helvicus 2248
Eusebius 1984
Mr. Jackson 1964
Abp. Usher 1215
Philo Biblius from Sanchoniathon (apud Euseb. Praep. Evang. 1200
l. 1. p. 31.) about
Herodotus about 713
What credit can be given to the history of a person, the time of whose life
cannot be ascertained within 1535 years? for so great is the difference of
the extremes in the numbers before given.
See Dionys. Perieg. Schol. in v. 1006.
[919] Diodorus Sicul. l. 1. p. 90.
[920] Herodotus. l. 1. c. 98.
[921] Diodorus Sicul. l. 1. p. 92.
[922] Strabo. l. 15. p. 1007.
[923] Arrian. Hist. Ind. p. 318.
[924] Josephus cont. Ap. l. 1. c. 19. p. 451.
[925] Steph. Byzant. [Greek: Babulon.]
[926] Suidas: [Greek: Semiramis.]
[927] Pliny. l. 7. p. 417.
[928] Semiramis teneros mares castravit omnium prima. Marcellinus. l. 14.
c. 6.
[929] [Greek: Semiramis lagnos gune, kai miaiphonos.] Athenag. Legatio. p.
307.
[930] Claudian. in Eutrop. l. 1. v. 339.
[931] This is the reason that we find these kingdoms so often confounded,
and the Babylonians continually spoken of as Assyrians, and sometimes as
Persians. [Greek: Babulon Persike polis]. Steph. Byz.
[932] Strabo. l. 16. p. 1071.
[933] These mounds were high altars, upon which they sacrificed to the Sun.
By Ctesias they are supposed to have been the tombs of her lovers, whom she
buried alive. Syncellus. p. 64.
[934] They built Babylon itself; which by Eupolemus was said to have been
the work of Belus, and the Giants. Euseb. Praep. l. 9. c. 17. p. 418. Quint.
Curt. l. 5. c. 1. Abydenus apud Euseb. Praep. l. 9. c. 15. Syncellus. p. 44.
[935] Clemens Alexand. Strom. l. 1. p. 364.
[936] He ordered it to be inscribed upon his tomb, [Greek: hoti kai Magikon
genoito didaskalos]. Porph. de Abstin. l. 4. p. 399.
[937] By Zoroaster was denoted both the Deity, and also his priest. It was
a name conferred upon many personages.
[938] Zerdusht, seu, ut semel cum vocali damna scriptum vidi, Zordush't,
idem est, qui Graecis sonat [Greek: Zoroastres]. Hyde Relig. Vet. Persar. c.
24. p. 312.
[939] L. 30. c. 1. p. 523.
[940] Arnobius. l. 1. p. 31.
[941] Clemens. l. 1. p. 399.
[942] Ibid. l. 5. p. 711. [Greek: Tade sunegraphen Zoroastres ho Armeniou
to genos Pamphulos. kl. En adei genomenos edaen para Theon.]
[943] Clemens. l. 1. p. 357. Apuleius Florid. c. 15. p. 795, mentions a
Zoroaster after the reign of Cambyses.
[944] Justin. l. 1. c. 1.
[945] Syncellus. p. 167.
[946] P. 315. It is also taken notice of by Huetius. Sinam recentiores
Persae apud Indos degentes faciunt (Zoroastrem). D.E. Prop. 4. p. 89.
[947] Sed haud mirum est, si Europaei hoc modo dissentiant de homine
peregrino, cum illius populares orientales etiam de ejus prosapia dubitent.
At de ejus tempore concordant omnes, unum tantum constituentes Zoroastrem,
eumque in eodem seculo ponentes. p. 315.
[948] Plures autem fuere Zoroastres ut satis constat. Gronovius in
Marcellinum. l. 23. p. 288. Arnobius and Clemens mention more than one.
Stanley reckons up six. See Chaldaic Philosophy.
[949] P. 312.
[950] Zoroaster may have been called Zerdusht, and Zertoost: but he was not
Zerdusht the son of Gustasp, who is supposed to have lived during the
Persian Monarchy. Said Ebn. Batrick styles him Zorodasht, but places him in
the time of Nahor, the father of Terah, before the days of Abraham. vol. 1.
p. 63.
[951] Diogenes Laert. Prooem. p. 3.
[952] [Greek: Pro ton Troikon etesi ph' Zoroastres.]
[953] Laertius Prooem. p. 3.
[954] Pliny. l. 30. c. 1.
[955] [Greek: Zoroastris ho Magos, hon pentakischiliois etesin ton Troikon
gegonenai presbuteron historousin.] Isis et Osir. p. 369.
[956] Zoroastrem hunc sex millibus annorum ante Platonis mortem. Pliny. l.
30. c. 1.
[957] P. 16. and p. 47.
[958] Euseb. Chron. p. 32. Syncellus. p. 167.
[959] Pliny. l. 30. c. 1. p. 524.
[960] [Greek: Ouk einai mathein poteron Dareiou pater, eite kai allos k l.]
He owns, that he could not find out, when Zoroaster lived. [Greek: Hopenika
men (ho Zoroastres) echmase ten archen, kai tous nomous etheto, ouk enesti
saphos diagnonai.] l. 2. p. 62.
[961] Pliny. l. 30. c. 1.
[962] Huetii Demons. Evan. Prop. 4. p. 88. 89.
[963] See Huetius ibid.
[964] [Greek: Astronomian protoi Babulonioi epheuron dia Zoroastrou, meth'
hon Ostanes;--aph' hon Aiguptioi kai Hellenes edexanto.] Anon. apud Suidam.
[Greek: Astron.]
[965] Primus dicitur magicas artes invenisse. Justin. l. 1. c. 1.
[966] Diog. Laertius Prooem. p. 6.
[967] [Greek: Ten Mageian ten Zoroastrou tou Oromazou.] Plato in Alcibiade
l. 1. p. 122.
Agathias calls him the son of Oromasdes. l. 2. p. 62.
[968] Pliny. l. 7. c. 16. Risit eodem, quo natus est, die. See Lord's
account of the modern Persees in India. c. 3. It is by them said, that he
laughed as soon as he came into the world.
[969] Hermippus apud Plinium. l. 30. c. 1.
[970] Dio. Chrysostom. Oratio Borysthenica. 38. Fol. 448. Euseb. Praep. l.
1. p. 42. See also Agathias just mentioned.
[971] [Greek: Thuein euktaia kai charisteria.] Plutarch Is. et Osir. p.
369.
[972] Primus dicitur artes magicas invenisse, et mundi principia,
siderumque motus diligentissime spectasse. Justin. l. 1. c. 1.
[973] [Greek: Zarades; ditte gar ep' autoi eponumia.] Agath. l. 2. p. 62.
[974] [Greek: Zaretis, Artemis, Persai.] Hesych.
Zar-Ades signifies the Lord of light: Zar-Atis and Atish, the Lord of fire.
[975] L. 1. c. 5. p. 16. Of the title Zar-Ovanus, I shall treat hereafter.
[976] Plutarch. Is. et Osiris. p. 369.
[977] See Agathias. l. 2. p. 62.
[978] Plutarch says, that Zoroaster lived five thousand years before the
Trojan war. Plutarch above.
[979] [Greek: Houtos (ho Theos) estin ho protos, aphthartos, aidios,
agennetos, ameres, anomoiotatos, heniochos pantos kalou, adorodoketos,
agathon agathotatos, phronimon phronimotatos. Esti de kai pater eunomias,
kai dikaiosunes, autodidaktos, phusikos, kai teleios, kai sophos, kai
hierou phusikou monos heuretes.] Euseb. P. E. l. 1. p. 42.
[980] Clemens. l. 5. p. 711.
[981] [Greek: En haide genomenos edaen para Theon.] Ibid.
[982] Dion. Chrysostom. Oratio Borysthenica. p. 448.
[983] Hyde. p. 312.
[984] Abulfeda. vol. 3. p. 58. See Hyde. p. 312.
[985] Hesych. [Greek: Magon.]
[986] Suidas. [Greek: Magoi.]
[987] Oratio Borysthen. p. 449.
[Greek: Magoi, hoi peri to theion sophoi.] Porph. de Abst. l. 4. p. 398.
Apuleius styles Magia--Diis immortalibus acceptam, colendi eos ac venerandi
pergnaram, piam scilicet et diviniscientem, jam inde a Zoroastre Oromazi,
nobili Caelitum antistite. Apol. 1. p. 447. so it should be read. See
Apuleii Florida. c. 15. p. 793. l. 3.
[Greek: Tous de Magous peri te therapeias theon diatribein kl.] Cleitarchus
apud Laertium. Prooem. p. 5.
[988] Diodorus Sic. l. 2. p. 94.
[989] Marcellinus. l. 23. p. 288.
[990] Ibidem. It should be Regis prudentissimi; for Hystaspes was no king.
[991] Rerum Franc. l. 1. He adds, Ab hoc etiam ignem adorare consueti,
ipsum divinitus igne consumptum, ut Deum colunt.
[992] [Greek: Astron zoon]. Clemens Recognit. l. 4. c. 28. p. 546. Greg.
Turonensis supra. Some have interpreted the name [Greek: astrothutes.]
[993] [Greek: Prosagoreuousi kai Surion]. Pr. Evan. l. 1. p. 27. Some would
change it to [Greek: Seirion]: but they are both of the same purport; and
indeed the same term differently expressed. Persae [Greek: Sure] Deum
vocant. Lilius Gyrald. Synt. 1. p. 5.
[994] Joshua. c. 15. v. 58.
[995] 1 Maccab. c. 4. v. 61. called Beth-Zur. 2 Chron. c. 11. v. 7. There
was an antient city Sour, in Syria, near Sidon. Judith. c. 2. v. 28. it
retains its name at this day.
[996] [Greek: Bethsour]. Antiq. l. 8. c. 10.
The Sun was termed Sehor, by the sons of Ham, rendered Sour, Surius,
[Greek: Seirios] by other nations.
[Greek: Seirios, ho Helios]. Hesych. [Greek: Seirios onoma asteros, e ho
Helios.] Phavorinus.