[312] Gruter's Inscriptions. vol. 1. p. MLXXXII. n. 8.
[313] Plutarch. in Artaxerxe. p. 1012.
[314] Ctesias in Persicis.
So Hesychius Τον γαρ ἡλιον ὁι Περσαι Κυρον λεγουσιν· Hence Κυρος, αρχων,
βασιλευς, ibid. also Κυρος, εξουσια.
[315] Strabo, speaking of the river Cur, or Cyrus. l. 11. p. 764.
[316]
Quid tibi cum Cyrrhâ? quid cum Permessidos undâ?
Martial. l. 1. epigram. 77. v. 11.
Phocaicas Amphissa manus, scopulosaque Cyrrha.
Lucan. l. 3. v. 172.
Κιῤῥαν, επινειον Δελφων. Pausan. l. 10. p. 817.
[317] Cyrenaici Achorem Deum (invocant) muscarum multitudine pestilentiam
adferente; quæ protinus intereunt, postquam litatum est illi Deo. Plin. l.
10. c. 28. See also Clement. Alexand. Cohort. p. 33.
Some late editors, and particularly Harduin, not knowing that Achor was
worshipped at Cyrene, as the Θεος απομυιος, have omitted his name, and
transferred the history to Elis. But all the antient editions mention Achor
of Cyrene; _Cyrenaici Achorem Deum, &c_. I have examined those printed at
Rome, 1470, 1473. those of Venice, 1472, 1476, 1487, 1507, 1510. those of
Parma, 1476, 1479, 1481. one at Brescia, 1496. the editions at Paris, 1516,
1524, 1532. the Basil edition by Froben, 1523: and they all have this
reading. The edition also by Johannes Spira, 1469, has Acorem, but with
some variation. The spurious reading, _Elei myagrum Deum_, was, I imagine,
first admitted into the text by Sigismund Gelenius, who was misled by the
similarity of the two histories. Harduin has followed him blindly, without
taking any notice of the more antient and true reading.
[318] Stephanus Byzantinus. See also Scholia on Callimachus. Hymn. in
Apoll. v. 91.
[319]
Ὁιδ' ουπω Κυρης πηγης εδυναντο πελασσαι
Δωριεες, πυκινην δε ναπαις Αζειλιν εναιον.
Callimachus. Hymn. in Apoll. v. 88.
[320] Plin. N. H. l. 5. p. 249.
[321] L. 1. c. 8. p. 43.
[322] Justin, speaking of the first settlement made at Cyrene, mentions a
mountain Cura, which was then occupied. Montem Cyram, et propter amœnitatem
loci, et propter _fontium_ ubertatem occupavere. l. 13. c. 7.
[323] Conformably to what I say, Ekron is rendered Ακκαρων by the Seventy.
1 Samuel c. 6. v. 15.
So also Josephus Antiq. Jud. l. 6. c. 1. p. 312.
In Achore vestigia Accaronis: Selden de Dijs Syris. Syntag. 6. p. 228.
Ου ζητησουσι Μυιαν θεον Ακκαρων. Gregory Nazianz. Editio Etonens. 1610.
Pars secunda cont. Julianum. p. 102.
In Italy this God was styled by the Campanians, Ἡρακλης Απομυιος. See
Clemens. Cohort. p. 33.
The place in Egypt, where they worshipped this Deity, was named Achoris;
undoubtedly the same, which is mentioned by Sozomen. l. 6. c. 18.
[324] Clemens Alexand. Cohort. p. 44.
He quotes another, where the fate of Ephesus is foretold:
Ὑπτια δ' οιμωξεις Εφεσος κλαιουσα παρ' οχθαις,
Και Νηον ζητουσα τον ουκετι ναιεταοντα.
There is a third upon Serapis and his temple in Egypt;
Και συ Σεραπι λιθους αργους επικειμενε πολλους,
Κειση πτωμα μεγιστον εν Αιγυπτῳ τριταλαινῃ.
The temple of Serapis was not ruined till the reign of Theodosius. These
three samples of Sibylline poetry are to be found in Clemens above.
[325] Achad was one of the first cities in the world. Genesis. c. 10. v.
10.
Nisibis city was named both Achad and Achar. See Geographia Hebræa Extera
of the learned Michaelis. p. 227.
[326] Stephanus Byzant.
[327] Lutatius Placidus upon Statius. Theb. l. 1. v. 718.
[328] Heliodori Æthiopica. l. 4. p. 175.
[329] Heliodori Æthiopica. l. 10. p. 472.
[330] Diodorus Siculus. l. 5. p. 327.
[331] Apollonius Rhod. of the Heliadæ. l. 4. v. 604.
[332]
Chamsi, seu Solares, sunt Arabice Shemsi vel Shamsi.
Hyde Religio Vet. Pers. p. 523. and 575.
Cham being pronounced Sham, and Shem, has caused some of his posterity to
be referred to a wrong line.
[333] Callimachus. Hymn to Apollo. v. 19.
[334] Nicander Alexipharmica. v. 11.
[335] Pausanias. l. 10. p. 827.
[336] It is, however, to be found in Euripides, under the term οχος.
Theseus says to Adrastus:
Εκ του δ' ελαυνεις ἑπτα προς Θηβας Οχους. Supplices. v. 131.
[337] From Uc and Uch came the word euge: also ευχη, ευχομαι, ευχωλη, of
the Greeks. Callimachus abounds with antient Amonian terms. He bids the
young women of Argos to receive the Goddess Minerva,
Συν τ' ευαγοριᾳ, συν τ' ευγμασι, συν τ' αλαλυγαις.
Lavacr. Palladis. v. 139.
From Uc-El came Euclea Sacra, and Ευκλος Ζευς. Ευκλεια, Αρτεμις.
Ευκλος, Διος ἱερευς, εν Μεγαροις και εν Κορινθῳ. Hesychius, so amended by
Albertus and Hemsterhusius.
[338] Iliad Α. v. 69.
[339] Iliad. Ζ. v. 76.
[340] Iliad. Ρ. v. 307.
[341] Iliad. Ο. v. 282.
[342] Iliad. Η. v. 221. It occurs in other places:
Λευσσει, ὁπως οχ' αριστα μετ' αμφοτεροισι γενηται.
Iliad. Γ. v. 110.
Τις τ' αρ των οχ' αριστος εην. συ μοι εννεπε, Μουσα.
Iliad. Β. v. 76l.
Also Odyss. Θ. v.123. and Ω. v. 428.
[343] In the Hymn to Silenus, that God is called Σιληνων οχ' αριστε. And in
the poem de Lapidibus, the Poet, speaking of heroic persons, mentions their
reception in heaven:
Αμωμητοι Διος οικοι
Χαιροντας δεξαντο θεηγενεων οχ' αριστους.
Hymn 35. v. 2. and περι Λιθων. Proem. v. 14.
[344] Genesis. c. 45. v. 21.
[345] Josephus. Antiq. Jud. l. 8. c. 6.
[346] See Relandi Palæstina. vol. 1. c. 41. p. 265.
[347] Plin. l. 8. c. 46.
[348] Plin. l. 5. c. 9.
[349]
Ευρυτατη φιαλη τις ιασπιδος εκτομος ακρης.
Paulus Silentiarius. part 11. v. 177. See Relandus above.
[350] Plin. l. 5. c. 18.
[351] Athanasii Epist. ad solitariam vitam agentes. p. 658.
[352] Epiphanius adversus Hæres. l. 2. tom. 2. p. 719.
[353] See the learned Professor Michaelis in his Geographia Extera Hebræor.
p. 134, 135.
[354] The Ionians changed this termination into e. Hence Arene, Camissene,
Cyrene, Arsace, Same, Capissene, Thebe, &c.
[355] Colchis was called Aia simply, and by way of eminence: and, probably,
Egypt had the same name; for the Colchians were from Egypt. Strabo mentions
Ιασονος πλουν τον εις Αιαν. l. 1. p. 38. And Apollonius styles the country
of Colchis Aia.
Αια γεμην ετι νυν μενει εμπεδον, ὑιωνοι τε
Των δ' ανδρων, ὁυς ὁστγε καθιστατο ναιεμεν Αιαν. l. 4. v. 277.
[356] Lib. 5. c. 14.
[357] Coronus is to be met with in Greece. He is mentioned as a king of the
Lapithæ, and the son of Phoroneus; and placed near mount Olympus.
--Ὡν εβασιλευσε Κορωνος. ὁ φορωνεως. Diodorus. l. 4. p. 242.
[358] Upon the Euphrates.
[359] A city in Parthia.
[360] Calamon, or Cal-Amon, was a hill in Judea; which had this name given
to it by the Canaanites of old. Cyril mentions--αφικομενοι τινες απο του
ΟΡΟΥΣ Καλαμωνος--in epistolâ ad Calosyrium.
[361] 1 Kings. c. 15. v. 27.
[362] In Canaan was a well known region called Palæstine.
So Tan-agra, Tan-is, Tyndaris.
Tin, in some languages, signified mud or soil.
[363] Ptolemy. l. 4. p. 112.
[364] See Amos. c. 9. v. 7.
[365] Jeremiah. c. 47. v. 4. speaks of the island of Caphtor in Egypt.
[366] Theocritus. Idyll. 2. v. 45. Scholia.
It is still common in the Arabian Gulf, and in India; and is often
expressed Dive, and Diva; as in Lacdive, Serandive, Maldive. Before Goa is
an island called Diu κατ' εξοχην.
[367] Βαιθηλ, οικος Θεου. Hesychius.
Βαιθηλ, θεοις ναος. Suidas.
[368] Elisa, called Eliza, Elesa, Eleasa, Ελεασα. 1 Maccab. c. 9. v. 5. and
c. 7. v. 40. often contracted Lesa, Lasa, &c.
[369] Pocock's Travels. vol. 2. p. 106.
[370] Iablonsky. vol. 1. l. 1. c. 1. p. 4. de Gulielmo Tyrio, ex libro 21.
c. 6.
[371] Herodotus. l. 2. c. 41.
[372] Strabo. l. 17. p. 1167.
[373] Ταυτα μεν ουν Ερατοσθενης ἱστορηκεν· την δε μεγαλην μαχην προς
Δαρειον ουκ εν Αρβηλοις--αλλα εν Γαυγαμηλοις γενεσθαι συνεπεσεν· σημαινειν
δε φασιν οικον Καμηλου την διαλεκτον. Plutarch. vita Alexand. vol. 1. p.
683.
Strabo says the same. Εστι μεν ουν τοπος επισημος ὁυτος, και τ' ουνομα·
μεθερμηνευθεν γαρ εστι Καμηλου οικος. l. 16. p. 1072.
[374] Ὁι μεν τα πλειστα συγγραψαντες λεγουσιν, ὁτι ἑξακοσιους σταδιους
απεχει, ὁιδε τα ελαχιστα, ὁτι ες πεντακοσιους.
Αλλα εν Γαυγαμηλοις γαρ γενεσθαι την μαχην προς τῳ ποταμῳ Βουμαδῳ λεγει
Πτολεμαιος και Αριστοβουλος· πολις δε ουκ ην τα Γαυγαμηλα, αλλα κωμη
μεγαλη, ουδε ονομαστος ὁ χωρος, ουδε εις ακοην ἡδυ το ονομα.
Arrian. Expedit. Alex. l. 6. p. 247.
[375] Strabo. l. 16. p. 1072.
[376] Strabo acknowledges the failure of his countrymen in this
respect.--Πολλα μεν ουν και μη οντα λεγουσιν ὁι Αρχαιοι Συγγραφεις,
συντεθραμμενοι τῳ ψευδει δια της μυθολογιας. l. 8. p. 524.
[377] _All thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Beth Arbel
in the day of battle. The mother was dashed in pieces upon her children_.
Hosea. c. 10. v. 14. _Ar_ in this place does not signify a city; but אור,
the title of the Deity: from whence was derived ἱερος of the Greeks. The
seventy, according to some of their best copies, have rendered Beth Arbel
οικον Ιερο-Βααλ, which is no improper version of Beth-Aur-Bel. In some
copies we find it altered to the house of _Jeroboam_; but this is a mistake
for Jero-Baal. Arbelus is by some represented as the first deified mortal.
Cyril contra Julian. l. 1. p. 10. and l. 3. p. 110.
There was an Arbela in Sicily. Stephanus, and Suidas. Also in Galilee;
situated upon a vast cavern. Josephus seized and fortified it. Josephi
Vita. p. 29.
[378] See Strabo. l. 11. p. 774. l. 15. p. 1006. l. 1. p. 41. p. 81.
See also Philo Biblius apud Euseb. P. E. l. 1. c. 10. p. 34 Iamblichus. §
7. c. 5.
[379] Diodorus Siculus. l. 17. p. 538. He makes no mention of Gaugamela.
[380] Strabo. l. 10. p. 724.
[381] Macrobius. Saturn. l. 3. c. 8. p. 284.
[382] Servius in lib. 11. Æneid. v. 558.
[383] Plutarch in Numâ. p. 61.
[384] Gruter. p. lvi. n. 11. vol 1.
[385] Gruter. vol. 1. p. lvi. 12. also p. xl. 9.
[386] Or else Beth-Arbel was another name of the same temple.
[387] Syncellus. p. 55.
[388] Eusebii Chron. p. 14.
[389] Etymologicum magnum. Ἡρακλης.
[390] Herodotus. l. 2. c. 124.
[391] Geog. Nubiensis. p. 17.
Michaelis Geog. Hebræorum Extera. p. 154.
[392] 2 Kings. c. 17. v. 6. and c. 18. v. 11. also 1 Chron. c. 5. v. 26.
[393] Strabo. l. 16. p. 1070.
[394] Observations upon the Antient History of Egypt. p. 175.
[395] Strabo. l. 7. p. 505. So also Herodotus and Pausanias.
[396] Σελλοι, ὁι Δωδωναιοι. Steph. Byzantinus.
αμφι δε Σελλοι
Σοι ναιουσ' ὑποφηται. Homer. Iliad. Π. v. 234.
[397] Pausanias. l. 2. p. l66.
[398] It is called Chau-On, Χαυων, by Steph. Byzantinus, from Ctesias.
Χαυων, χωρα της Μηδιας. Κτησιας εν πρωτῳ Περσικων. Chau-On is οικος ἡλιου,
the house of the Sun, which gave name to the district.
[399] Strabo. l. 4. p. 270. and p. 282.
[400] 1 Maccab. c. 9. v. 62, 64.
[401] Judith. c. 7. v. 3.
[402] Pausanias. l. 1. p. 91.
[403] There were many places and temples of Baal, denominated Caballis,
Cabali, Cabala, Cabalia, Cabalion, Cabalissa, &c. which are mentioned by
Pliny, Strabo, Antoninus, and others. Some of them were compounded of Caba:
concerning which I shall hereafter treat.
[404] Pausanias. l. 4. p. 282.
Strabo mentions Caucones in Elea. l. 8. p. 531. The Caucones are also
mentioned by Homer. Odyss. γ. v. 366.
Caucane in Sicily was of the same purport, mentioned by Ptolemy. l. 3. c.
4.
[405] Apollonius Rhodius styles it Cutais: Κυταϊδος ηθεα γαιης. l. 4. v.
512.
[406] See De Lisle's curious map of Armenia and the adjacent parts of
Albania, &c.
[407] Pausanias. l. 1. p. 40.
There was a river Acheron in Elis. Strabo. l. 8. p. 530. And the same rites
were observed in honour of the θεος μυιαγρος, that were practised in
Cyrene. Clement. Cohort. p. 33.
In Pontus was a river Acheron. Ειθα δε και προχοαι ποταμου Αχεροντος εασιν.
Apollon. Argonaut. l. 2. v. 745. also ακρα Αχερουσια. The like to be found
near Cuma in Campania: and a story of Hercules driving away flies there
also. Ῥωμαιοι δε απομυιῳ Ἡρακλει (θυουσι). Clementis Cohort. ibid.
[408] Varro de Ling. Lat. lib. 5. p. 49. altered to Novella by some,
contrary to the authority of the best MSS. See Scaliger's notes. p. 81.
edit. anno 1619. Dordrechti.
See Selden de Diis Syris. Syntag. 2. c. 2. p. 174. In vetustioribus excusis
de Re Rusticâ non Novella, sed Covella legitur. Covella autem Cœlestis,
sive Urania interpretatur.
[409] Ennii Annal. l. 1.
[410] The Persians worshipped Cœlus; which is alluded to by Herodotus, when
he says, that they sacrificed upon eminences: Τον κυκλον παντα του Ουρανου
Δια καλεοντες. l. 1. c. 131. To the same purpose Euripides;
Ὁρας τον ὑψου τον δ' απειρον' αιθερα,
Τον γην περιξ εχονθ' ὑγραις εν αγκυλαις;
Τουτον νομιζε Ζηνα, τον δ' ἡγου Δια.
Clement. Alexand. Strom. l. 5. p. 717. Plutarch. p. 369. p. 424.
Aspice hoc sublime candens, quem invocant omnes Jovem. Cicero de Naturâ
Deor. l. 1.
[411] Αλλ' Αθηναιοι μεν Κελεον, και Μεγανειραν ἱδρυνται Θεους. Athenag.
Legat. p. 290.
[412] Abulfeda. Tabula Syriæ. p. 5.
Nassir Ettusæus. p. 93. apud Geog. vet.
[413] The city Argos was in like manner called Κοιλον. Πολλακις το· Αργος
Κοιλον φησι, καθαπερ εν Επιγονοις. Το ΚΟΙΛΟΝ Αργος ουκ ετ' οικησοντ'
ετι.--ετι και εν Θαμυρα, Αργεϊ Κοιλῳ. Scholia in Sophoc. Œdipum Colon.
[414] Iliad. Β. v. 615.
[415] Strabo. l. 8. p. 529.
[416] Strabo. l. 8. p. 534.
[417] Janus Gulielmus Laurenbergius, Antiquarius.
[418] Φαινοιατο αν εοντες ὁι των Δωριεων ἡγεμονες Αιγυπτιοι ιθαγενεες.
Herod. l. 6. c. 54.
Of their original and history I shall hereafter give a full account.
[419] Ὁποσα δε ᾳδουσιν εν τῳ Πρυτανειῳ, φωνη μεν εστι αυτων ἡ Δωριος.
Pausanias. l. 5. p. 4l6.
[420]
Tum primum subiere domos; domus antra fuere.
Ovid. Metamorph. l. 1. v. 121.
[421] Strabo. l. 8. p. 564.
It is mentioned by Thucydides: Ες τον Καιαδαν, ὁυπερ τους κακουργους
εμβαλλειν ειωθεισαν (ὁι Λακεδαιμονιοι.) l. 1. c. 134.
It is expressed Κεαδας by Pausanias; who says that it was the place, down
which they threw Aristomenes, the Messenian hero. l. 4. p. 324.
[422] Strabo. Ibidem.
[423]
Huic monstro Vulcanus erat pater: illius atros
Ore vomens ignes, magna se mole ferebat. Virgil. Æn. l. 8. v. 193.
[424] Strabo. l. 8. p. 564.
[425] Iliad. l. 1. v. 266.
[426] Iliad. Β. v. 581.
Odyss. Δ. v. 1. Ὁιδ' ιξον ΚΟΙΛΗΝ Λακεδαιμονα ΚΗΤΩΕΣΣΑΝ.
[427] Strabo says as much: Ὁιδε, ὁτι ὁι απο των σεισμων ρωχμος Καιετοι
λεγονται. l. 8. p. 564.
[428] Hence the words cove, alcove; and, perhaps, to cover, and to cope.
[429] Strabo. l. 5. p. 356.
[430] Καταδε φορμιας της Ιταλιας Αιητην τον νυν Καιητην προσαγορευομενον.
l. 4. p. 259.
Virgil, to give an air of truth to his narration, makes Caieta the nurse of
Æneas.
According to Strabo it was sometimes expressed Cai Atta; and gave name to
the bay below.--Και τον μεταξυ κολπον εκεινοι Καιατταν ωνομασαν. l. 5. p.
3?6.
[431] Scholia Eustathij in Dionysij περιηγησιν. v. 239. and Steph.
Byzantinus. Αιγυπτος.
[432] Χασμα δε γεννηθεν--εδεξατο τον ποταμον--ειτα εξεῤῥηξεν εις την
επιφανειαν κατα Λαρυμναν της Λοκριδος την ανω--Καλειται δ' ὁ τοπος Αγκοη
κτλ. Strabo. l. 9. p. 623.
It is called Anchia by Pliny. N. H. l. 4. c. 7. As, both the opening and
the stream, which formed the lake, was called Anchoe; it signified either
fons speluncæ, or spelunca fontis, according as it was adapted.
[433] 1 Corinthians, c. 15. v.47, 48.
[434] Cluverii Germaniæ Antiq. l. 1. c. 13. p. 91.
[435] Beyeri Additamenta to Selden de Diis Syris. p. 291.
Achor near Jericho. Joshua, c. 15. v. 7.
[436] Ptolem. lib. 5. c. 18. p. 164.
[437] Plato in Cratylo. p. 410.
[438] See Kircher's Prodromus Copticus. p. 180 and p. 297.
[439] Ibidem, and Jameson's Specilegia. c. 9. § 4.
[440] Pionius. Euseb. Hist. Ecclesiast. l. 4. p. 173.
Pior Monachus Ægyptiacus. Socratis Hist. Eccles. p. 238.
Piammon. Sozomen. H. E. p. 259.
Piambo, or P'ambo. Socratis Eccles. H. p. 268.
It was sometimes expressed Po, as in Poemon Abbas, in Evagtius.
In Apophthegmat. Patrum. apud Cotelerii monumenta. tom. 1. p. 636.
Baal Peor was only Pi-Or, the Sun; as Priapus was a compound of Peor-Apis,
contracted.
[441] Gennad. Vitæ illustrium virorum. l. 7. Pachomius, a supposed worker
of many miracles.
[442] Antonius Diogenes in Photius. cod. 166.
[443] Plutarch. Isis et Osiris. v. 1. p. 355.
Paamyles is an assemblage of common titles. Am-El-Ees, with the prefix.
Hence the Greeks formed Melissa, a sacred name as of Ham El-Ait, they
formed Melitta, the name of a foreign Deity, more known in Ionia than in
Hellas.
[444] Plutarch: Quæstiones Græcæ. v. p. 296.
[445] Pausanias. l. 1. p. 83. Amphilucus was a title of the Sun.
[446] Pausanias. l. 1. p. 4. in like manner, ταφοι των Ιφιμεδειας και
Αλωεως παιδων· Pausanias. l. 9. p. 754.
[447] Proclus in Platonis Parmenidem: See Orphic Fragment of Gesner. p.
406.
A twofold reason may be given for their having this character; as will be
shewn hereafter.
[448] Pausanias. l. 10. p. 896. Many instances of this sort are to be found
in this writer.
[449] Herodotus. l. 2. c. 143.
[450] See Reland, Dissertatio Copt. p. 108.
Jablonsky Prolegomena in Pantheon Ægyptiacum. p. 38. Also Wesselinge. Notes
on Herod. l. 2. c. 143.
[451] This was certainly the meaning; for Plato, speaking of the Grecians
in opposition to other nations, styled Βαρβαροι, makes use of the very
expression: Πολλη μεν ἡ Ἑλλας, εφη, ω Κεβης, εν ῃ ενεισι που αγαθοι ανδρες,
πολλα δε και τα των βαρβαρων γενη. In Phædone. p. 96.
[452] Kircher. Prodromus Copticus. p. 300 and p. 293.
[453] Kircher. Prod. p. 293.
[454] Sanchoniathon apud Euseb. Præp. Evan. l. 1. c. 10. p. 37.
[455] Damascius: Vita Isodori, apud Photium. Cod. ccxlii.
[456] Jablonsky; Pantheon Egypt. v. 2. l. 5. c. 2. p. 70.
[457] Ausonius. Epigram. 30.
Kircher says, that Pi in the Coptic is a prefix, by which a noun is known
to be masculine, and of the singular number: and that Pa is a pronoun
possessive. Paromi is Vir meus. It may be so in the Coptic: but in antient
times Pi, Pa, Phi, were only variations of the same article: and were
indifferently put before all names: of which I have given many instances.
See Prodromus. Copt. p. 303.
[458] Virgil. Æneid. l. 7. v. 679.
[459] Cicero de Divinatione. l. 2.
[460] See also v. 28, 29, 31, and 32.
[461] Gruter. Inscript. lxxvi. n. 6.
[462] Ibid. lxxvi. n. 7.
BONO DEO
PUERO POSPORO.
Gruter. Inscrip. p. lxxxviii. n. 13
[463] Lucretius. l. 4. v. 1020.
[464] Propertius alludes to the same circumstance:
Nam quid Prænestis dubias, O Cynthia, _sortes_?
Quid petis Ææi mœnia Telegoni? l. 2. eleg. 32. v. 3.
What in the book of Hester is styled Purim, the seventy render, c. 9. v.
29. φρουραι. The days of Purim were styled φρουραι--Τῃ διαλεκτῳ αυτων
καλουνται φρουραι. so in c. 10. The additamenta Græca mention--την
προκειμενην επιστολην των φρουραι, instead of φουραι and Πουραι: from P'Ur
and Ph'Ur, ignis.
[465] Herodotus. l. 2. c. 4. and l. 2. c. 52.
Επειτα δε Χρονου Πολλου διελθοντος επυθοντο (ὁι Ἑλληνες) εκ της Αιγυπτου
απικομενα τα ουνοματα των Θεων.
[466] So δαιμων from δαημων; Απολλων from ἡ ὁμου πολησις· Διονυσος quasi
διδουνυσος from διδοι and οινος, and οινος from οιεσθαι. Κρονος, quasi
χρονου κορος. Τηθυν, το ηθουμενον--with many more. Plato in Cratylo.
Ægyptus παρα το αιγας πιαινειν. Eustath. in Odyss. l. 4. p. 1499.
[467] Poseidon, ποιουντα ειδην. Tisiphone, Τουτων φωνη, Athene quasi
αθανατος. Hecate from ἑκατον centum. Saturnus, quasi sacer, νους. See
Heraclides Ponticus, and Fulgentii-Mythologia.
See the Etymologies also of Macrobius. Saturnalia. l. 1. c. 17. P. 189.
Μουσαι· quasi ὁμου ουσαι. Plutarch de Fraterno Amore. v. 2. P. 480. Δι'
ευνοιαν και Φιλαδελφιαν.
Πασιφαη, δια το πασι φαινειν τα μαντεια. Plutarch. Agis and Cleomenes. v.
2. p. 799.
[468] Eustathius on Dionysius: περιηγησις.
Ut Josephus recte observat, Græcis scriptoribus id in more est, ut
peregrina, et barbara nomina, quantum licet, ad Græcam formam emolliant:
sic illis Ar Moabitarum est Αρεοπολις; Botsra, Βυρσα; Akis, Αγχους;
Astarte, Αστροαρχη; torrens Kison, Χειμαῤῥος των Κισσων; torrens Kedron,
Χειμαῤῥος των Κεδρων; et talia ὡσει κονις. Bochart. Geog. Sacra. l. 2. c.
15. p. 111.
We are much indebted to the learned father Theophilus of Antioch: he had
great knowledge; yet could not help giving way to this epidemical weakness.
He mentions Noah as the same as Deucalion, which name was given him from
calling people to righteousness: he used to say, δευτε καλει ὑμας ὁ θεος;
and from hence, it seems, he was called Deucalion. Ad Antol. l. 3.
[469] Plato in Cratylo. p. 409.
[470] Suidas, Stephanus, Etymolog. Eustathius, &c.
So Coptus in Egypt, from κοπτειν.
[471] See Callimachus. vol. 2. Spanheim's not. in Hymn. in Del. v. 87. p.
438.
[472] Cumberland's Origines. p. 165. so he derives Goshen in the land of
Egypt from a shower of rain. See Sanchon. p. 364.
[473] Hyde de Religione veterum Persarum. c. 2. p. 75.
[474] Genesis. c. 22. v. 20.
[475] Universal History, vol. 1. b. 1. p. 286. notes.
[476] Bochart. Geograph. Sacra. l. 1. c. 18. p. 443.
Sandford de descensu Christi. l. 1. §. 21.
See Gale's Court of the Gentiles, vol. 1. b. 2. c. 6. p. 68.
[477] Huetius. Demonst. p. 138.
[478] Hebræa, Chaldæa, &c. nomina virorum, mulierum, populorum--Antverpiæ,
1565, Plantin.
[479] Pliny. l. 3. c. 8.
Ætna, quæ Cyclopas olim tulit. Mela. l. 2. c. 7.
[480] Bochart. Geog. Sacra. l. 1. c. 30. p. 560.
[481] Ibidem. p. 565, 566.
[482] Ibidem. p. 565, 566.
[483] Bochart. Geog. Sacra. l. 1. p. 406.
[484] Ibidem.
[485] P. 412.
[486] P. 415.
[487] P. 388.
[488] P. 381.
[489] P. 435.
[490] P. 414.
[491] Bochart. Geog. Sacra. l. 1. p. 381.
[492] P. 385.
[493] P. 408. or from Mazor, angustiæ.
[494] Ibidem. p. 258.
[495] Simonis Onomasticon.
[496] Michaelis Spicilegium Geographiæ Hebræor. Exteræ. p. 158.
[497] Gale's Court of the Gentiles. vol. 1. b. 2. p. 66.
[498] Genesis. c. 4. v. 22.
[499] Philo apud Eusebium. Præp. Evan. l. 1. c. 10.
[500] Bochart. Geograph. Sacra. l. 2. c. 2. p. 706.
[501] Marcellinus. l. 22. c. 15. He was also called Eloüs. Ελωος, Ἡφαιστος
παρα Δωριευσιν. Hesych. The Latine title of Mulciber was a compound of
Melech Aber, Rex, Parens lucis.
[502] Τιμᾳται δε παρα Λαμψακηνοις ὁ Πριαπος, ὁ αυτος ων τῳ Διονυσῳ.
Athenæus. l. 1. p. 30.
[503] Το αγαλμα Πριηπου, του και Ωρου παρ' Αιγυπτιοις. Suidas.
[504] Numbers. c. 25. v. 3. Deuteronomy. c. 4. v. 3. Joshua. c. 22. v. 17.
Kircher derives Priapus from פעור פה, Pehorpeh, os nuditatis.
[505] Phurnutus de naturâ Deorum. c. 17. p. 205.
[506] Orphic Hymn 5. to Protogonus, the same as Phanes, and Priapus. See
verse 10.
[507] Phurnutus. c. 17. p. 204.
[508] Παρ' Αιγυπτιοισι δε Παν μεν αρχαιοτατος, και των οκτω των πρωτων
λεγομενων Θεων. Herodotus. l. 2. c. 145.
Albæ Juliæ Inscriptio.
PRIEPO
PANTHEO.
Gruter. v. 1. p. XCV. n. 1.
[509] Agathias. l. 4. p. 133.
[510] See Theophilus ad Autolycum. l. 2. p. 357.
[511] See Philo Biblius apud Euseb. P. E. l. 1. c. 10. p. 32. He mentions
applying to a great number of authors, in Phenicia.
[512]
Πολλην εξερευνησαμενος ὑλην, ουχι την παρ' Ἑλλησι.
Philo apud Euseb. P. Evang. l. 1. c. ix. p. 32.
[513] Clemens Alexandrinus Strom. l. 1. p. 356.
[514] Eusebij Præp. Evang. l. 10. c. 4. p. 471.
Του ωφελησε Πυθαγοραν τα Αδυτα, και Ἡρακλεους στηλαι.
Theophilus ad Autol. l. 3. p. 381.
[515] Plato in Timæo. Clemens. Strom. l. 1. p. 426.
Ω Σολων, Σολων, Ἑλληνες αει παιδες--κτλ.
[516] Theophilus ad Autolycum. l. 3. p. 390.
[517] See Eusebius. Præp. Evan. l. 10. c. 4. p. 469. and c. 5. p. 473. also
Clemens Alexand. Strom. l. 1. p. 361. Diodorus Siculus. l. 1. p. 62, 63.
and p. 86, 87.
[518] Καθολου δε φασι τους Ἑλληνας εξιδιαζεσθαι τους επιφανεστατους
Αιγυπτιων Ἡρωας τε, και Θεους. l. 1. p. 20.
See here a long account of the mythology of Egypt being transported to
Greece; and there adopted by the Helladians as their own, and strangely
sophisticated.
[519] Ἑκαταιος μεν ουν ὁ Μιλησιος περι της Πελοποννησου φησιν, ὁτι προ των
Ἑλληνων ῳκησαν αυτην Βαρβαροι· σχεδον δε τι και ἡ συμπασα Ἑλλας κατοικια
Βαρβαρων ὑπηρξε το παλαιον. Strabo. l. 7. p. 321.
[520] Οδε μεταξυ χρονος παραλελειπται, εν ᾡ μηδεν εξαιρετον Ἑλλησιν
ἱστορηται. Theopompus in Tricareno.
[521] How uncertain they were in their notions may be seen from what
follows: Alii Cadmum, alii Danaum, quidam Cecropem Atheniensem, vel Linum
Thebanum, et temporibus Trojanis Palamedem Argivum, memorant sedecim
literarum formas, mox alios, et præcipue Simonidem cæteras invenisse.
Lilius Gyraldus de Poetis. Dialog. 1. p. 13. Edit. Lugd. Bat. 1696.