[900] The latter Greeks expressed Puramoun, Puramous.
ΠYΡΑΜΟΥΣ, a cake. Ην ὁ Πυραμους παρα τοις παλαιοις επινικιος. Artemidorus.
l. 1. c. 74. Και ὁ διαγρυπνησας μεχρι την ἑω ελαμβανε τον πυραμουντα.
Schol. Aristoph. Ἱππεις.
See Meuisius on Lycophron. v. 593. and Hesych. πυραμους, ειδος πλακουντος.
[901] ΟΒΕΛΙΑΙ, placentæ. Athenæus. l. 14. p. 645.
[902] Νυν θυσω τα ΠΙΤYΡΑ. Theocritus. Idyl. 2. v. 33.
[903] Athenæus. l. 14. p. 646.
[904] Diogenes Laertius: Vita Empedoclis. l.8.
[905] Some read εθαυμασε. Cedrenus. p. 82. Some have thought, that by βουν
was meant an Ox: but Pausanias says, that these offerings were πεμματα: and
moreover tells us; ὁποσα εχει ψυχην, τουτων μεν ηξιωσεν ουδεν θυσαι.
_Cecrops sacrificed nothing that had life._ Pausan. l. 8. p. 600.
[906] Jeremiah. c. 44. v. 18, 19.
[907] Ibid. c. 7. v. l8.
[908] Jeremiah. c. 51. v. 19. according to the Seventy.
So also c. 7. v. 18. Χαυωνας τε στρατιᾳ του Ουρανου. Chau-On, domus vel
templum Solis.
[909] Herodotus mentions this custom, and styles it justly αισχιστος των
νομων. He says that it was practised at the temple of the Babylonish Deity
Melitta. l. 1. c. 199.
[910] Strabo. l. 11. p. 805. Anais, or Anait, called Tanais, in this
passage: they are the same name.
The same account given of the Lydian women by Herodotus: πορνευειν γαρ
ἁπασας. l. 3. c. 93: all, universally, were devoted to whoredom.
[911] Herodotus. l. 2. c. 129. p. 138.
[912] Herodotus. l. 2. c. 129. p. 166.
[913] Plutarch. Isis et Osiris, p. 366.
[914] Herodotus. l. 2. c. 85, 86.
[915] Ταυτα δη λεγουσι φλυηρεοντες. Herod. l. 2. c. 131.
[916] The star between the horns shows that it was a representation of the
Deity, and the whole a religious memorial.
[917] Cyril. contra Julian. p. 15. It is related somewhat differently in
the Timæus of Plato. vol. 3. p. 22. See also Clemens Alex. Strom. l. 1. p.
356.
[918] L. 2. c. 53. The evidence of Herodotus must be esteemed early; and
his judgment valid. What can afford us a more sad account of the doubt and
darkness, in which mankind was inveloped, than these words of the
historian? how plainly does he shew the necessity of divine interposition;
and of revelation in consequence of it!
[919] Herodotus. l. 2. c. 53.
[920] Virgil. Georgic. l. 1. v. 6.
Liber is El-Abor contracted: Sol, Parens Lucis.
[921] Scholia in Horat. l. 2. Ode 19.
[922] Orphic. Fragment. in Macrob. Sat. l. 1. c. 23.
[923] Macrob. Sat. l. 1. c. 18.
He is called by Eumolpus Αστροφανη Διονυσον εν ακτινεσσι πυρωπον: apud
Euseb. P. E. l. 9 c. 27.
[924] Zemissus is the Amonian Sames, or Samesh, analogous to Beth-Shemesh
in the Scriptures.
[925] Orphic. Fragment. 4. p. 364. edit. Gesner.
See Stephani Poësis Philosoph. p. 80. from Justin Martyr.
[926] Macrobius. Saturn. l. 1. c. 18. p. 202. He mentions Jupiter Lucetius,
and Diespater, the God of day; and adds, Cretenses Δια την ἡμεραν vocant.
_The Cretans call the day dia._ The word dies of the Latines was of the
same original.
[927] Diodorus Siculus. l. 1. p. 22.
[928] Chronolog. Canon. p. 32.
[929] Hermesianax.
It may be worth while to observe below, how many Gods there were of the
same titles and departments. Παιονιος Διονυσιος. Hesychius. Pæonia Minerva.
Plutarch. de decem Rhetoribus.
Παλαιμων Ἡρακλης. Hesychius.
Ιητηρ παντων, Ασκληπιε, δεσποτα Παιαν. Orphic. H. 66.
Ποσειδων Ιατρος εν Τηνῳ. Clement. Cohort. p. 26.
Olen, the most antient mythologist, made Eilithya to be the mother of Eros;
so that Eilithya and Venus must have been the same, and consequently Diana.
Μητερα Ερωτος Ειλιθυιαν ειναι. Pausan. l. 9. p. 762.
Adonim, Attinem, Osirim et Horum aliud non esse quam Solem. Macrobius Sat.
l. 1. c. 21. p. 209.
Janus was Juno, and styled Junonius. Macrob. Sat. l. 1. c. 9. p. 159.
Lunam; eandem Dianam, eandem Cererem, eandem Junonem, eandem Proserpinam
dicunt. Servius in Georgic. l. 1. v. 5.
Astarte, Luna, Europa, Dea Syria, Rhea, the same. Lucian. de Syriâ Deâ.
Κειοι Αρισταιον τον αυτον και Δια και Απολλω νομιζοντες. κτλ. Athenagoras.
p. 290.
Ἡλιος, Ζευς. Sanchoniathon. Euseb. P. E. lib. 1. c. x. p.34.
Ἡλιος, Κρονος. Damascius apud Photium. c. 242.
[930] Auson. Epigram. 30.
See Gruter for inscriptions to Apollo Pantheon. Dionusus was also Atis, or
Attis. Διονυσον τινες Αττιν προσαγορευεσθαι θελουσιν. Clementis Cohort. p.
16.
[931] Orphic. Hymn. x. p. 200. Gesner.
Παρ' Αιγυπτιοισι δε Παν μεν αρχαιοτατος, και των οκτω των πρωτων λεγομενων
Θεων. Herodotus. l. 2. c. 145. Priapus was Zeus; also Pan, and Orus: among
the people of Lampsacus esteemed Dionusus.
[932] Euphorion.
[933] L. 10. p. 805.
[934] Oprhic. Hymn. in Poseidon xvi. p. 208.
[935] Selden de Diis Syris. p. 77. and additamenta. He was of old styled
Arcles in Greece; and supposed to have been the son of Xuth. Κοθος και
Αρκλης, ὁι Χυθου παιδες. Plutarch. Quæstiones Græcæ. v. 1. p 296.
[936] Nonnus. l. 40. p. 1038.
[937] In Demosthenem Κατα Μειδιου. Παν σχημα περιτεθεασιν αυτῳ. p. 647. See
also Macrob. Sat. l. 1. c. 18.
Αυτον τον Δια και τον Διονυσον παιδας και νεους ἡ θεολογια καλει. Proclus
upon Plato's Parmenides. See Orphic Fragments. p. 406.
[938] Hesychius. The passage is differently read. Kuster exhibits it
Αφροδιτος. Ὁδε τα περι Αμαθουντα γεγραφως Παιαν, ὡς ανδρα την θεον
εσχηματισθαι εν Κυπρῳ φησιν.
[939] Servius upon Virgil. Æneid. l. 2. v. 632.
[940] Scholia upon Apollon. Rhod. l. 3. v. 52. Των καλουμενων Μοιρων ειναι
πρεσβυτεραν. In some places of the east, Venus was the same as Cybele and
Rhea, the Mother of the Gods: Περι της χωρας ταυτης σεβουσι μεν ὡς επι ταν
την Αφροδιτην, ὡς μητερα θεων, ποικιλαις και εγχωριοις ονομασι
προσαγορευοντες. Ptol. Tetrabibl. l. 2.
[941] Apud Calvum Acterianus. Macrob. Sat. l. 3. c. 8. Putant eandem marem
esse ac fœminam. Ibidem.
[942] Apud Augustin. de Civitate Dei. l. 4. c. 11. and l. 7. c. 9.
The author of the Orphic verses speaks of the Moon as both male and female.
Αυξομενη και λειπομενη, θηλυστε και αρσην. Hymn 8. v. 4.
Deus Lunus was worshipped at Charræ, Edessa, and all over the east.
[943] Synesius. Hymn 3. p. 26. Edit. H. Steph.
The Orphic verses περι φυσεως are to the same purpose.
Παντων μεν συ πατηρ, μητηρ, τροφος, ηδε τιθηιος. Hymn 9. v. 18.
[944] Orphic Hymn 31. v. 10. p. 224.
[945] Orphic Fragment. vi. p. 366. Gesner's Edit. from Proclus on Plato's
Alcibiades. See also Poesis Philosophica H. Stephani. p. 81.
[946] Jupiter Lucetius, or God of light. Macrob. Sat. l. 1. c. 15. p. 182.
[947] Orphic Fragm. vii. p. 371. See Poesis Philosoph. H. Stephani. p. 85.
Orpheus of Protogonus.
Πρωτογον', Ηρικαπαιε, θεων πατερ, ηδε και ὑιε. Hymn. 51. p. 246.
[948] Apuleii Metamorph. l. xi. p. 241.
[949] Porphyr. apud Eusebium Præp. Evang. l. 3. c. 11.
Τιμᾳται παρα Λαμψακηνοις ὁ Πριαπος, ὁ αυτος ων τῳ Διονυσῳ. Athenæus. l. 1.
p. 30.
[950] Janus Gulielmus Laurenbergius.
[951] Selden de Diis Syris. p. 77.
* * * * *
Corrections made to printed original.
(Introductory poem.) In tamen incultis: 'tamem' in original, no such word.
(Nimrod.) wherefore it is said: 'it it said' in original.
(On and Eon) Ονομα αυτῳ Ἑβραϊστι: diaresis on α; in original.
(Gau., near ref. 383) ᾡς και τον Ἑρμην ὁυτως: Ερμην with smooth breath mark
in original.
(ibid., near ref. 407) Κωκυτος ὑδωρ ατερπεστατον: 'ὑδως' in original, no
such form, amended to match Perseus E-Text.
(ibid., near ref. 409) quem Coilus genuit: 'genuvit' in original, cited as
'genuit' in Lewis & Short.
(Dissertation upon the Helladian, near ref. 514) Ἑλληνων εχειν ουδεν:
'εχιεν', with a transpose mark over the 'ιε', in original.
(Of the Omphi, near ref. 739) ὁθι τ' ομφαλος εστι θαλασσης: ὁθιτ', no space
in original.
(ibid., near ref. 766) κυβερνητηρα τε Τιφυν: τεΤιφυν, no space in original.
(ibid., near ref. 779) δος δ' ἱμεροεσσαν: 'δοσθ'', no space in original
(ibid., near ref. 804) any ness or foreland: 'nees' in original, no such
word.
(An Account of the gods of Greece, near ref. 918) πρωην τε και χθες:
'πριντε' in original, no such word, amended to match Perseus E-Text.
(ibid., near ref. 929) Ἑρμης θ', Ἡφαιστος τε κλυτος: Ἑρμησθ', no space in
original.
(Note 26.) Μεστραιους τους Αιγυπτιους: 'Αιγπτιους' in original, obvious
typo.
(Note 39.) hinnulea: 'hinnulæ' in original. Cited as 'hinnulea' in Lewis &
Short.
(Note 170.) l. 6. c. 7.: 'l. c. 7.' in original.
(Note 354.) changed this termination into e: 'into r' in original. Sense
requires 'into e'.
(Note 355.) ὑιωνοι τε των δ' ανδρων: ὑιωνοιτε no space in original.
(Note 426.) Ὁιδ' ιξον: ''Θιδ'' in original.
(Note 430.) p. 3?6: middle digit illegible in original.
(Note 465.) επυθοντο ὁι Ἑλληνες: οι with smooth breathing mark in original
(smooth breathing is generally not marked).
(Note 466.) ἡ ὁμου πολησις: η ομου with smooth breathing marks in original.
(Note 540.) το δη πορρω δυσελεγκτον: 'δυσελεγτον' in original, no such
word, amended to match Perseus E-Text.
(Note 542.) και τερατολογειν: 'τερατολεγειν' in original, no such word,
amended to match Perseus E-text.
(Note 543.) πρεσβυτερους εμου γενεσθαι: 'τρεσβυτερους' in original, obvious
typo.
(Note 623.) ποιηται ψυχροτητα αδουσι: 'ψυκροτητα' in original, no such
word.
(Note 631.) δισκος βραχυς: 'δισχος' in original, no such word.
(Note 645.) κυρος γαρ ὁ ἡλιος: 'ῃλιος' in original - hypogegrammeni instead
of breath mark.
(Note 708.) τοις ποσι δι' ανθρακιαν: 'ανθακιαν' in original, no such word -
r restored to match meaning of embers.