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,, Volume 3J. 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 - History, Ancient |
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... described as being in a state of darkness , which is represented allegorically as a state of death . He then obtains a new life , which is called a second birth ; and is said to have his youth renewed . He is on this account looked upon ...
... described as being in a state of darkness , which is represented allegorically as a state of death . He then obtains a new life , which is called a second birth ; and is said to have his youth renewed . He is on this account looked upon ...
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... described by Iamblichus as sitting upon the lotus , and sailing in a vessel . 61 60 It is said of Sesostris , that he constructed a ship , which was two hundred and eighty cubits in length . It was of cedar ; plated without with gold ...
... described by Iamblichus as sitting upon the lotus , and sailing in a vessel . 61 60 It is said of Sesostris , that he constructed a ship , which was two hundred and eighty cubits in length . It was of cedar ; plated without with gold ...
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... and the like circumstances , described : above , ΕΠΙ ΑΓΩΝΟΘΕΤΩΝ ΑΡΤΕ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ . The two last syllables of MAгNHTON are upon the blank space of the ark . KA ΝΩΕ ΟΥΒ ΑΡΧΙ ΑΠ AM CON ΝΗΤΩΝ ΑΠΑΜΕΩ TEMA 46 THE ANALYSIS OF.
... and the like circumstances , described : above , ΕΠΙ ΑΓΩΝΟΘΕΤΩΝ ΑΡΤΕ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ . The two last syllables of MAгNHTON are upon the blank space of the ark . KA ΝΩΕ ΟΥΒ ΑΡΧΙ ΑΠ AM CON ΝΗΤΩΝ ΑΠΑΜΕΩ TEMA 46 THE ANALYSIS OF.
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... described the ark , the vaus appinguμvaïs , like a lunette ; it was in consequence of it called Mn , and Eλnon , which signify a Moon : and a crescent became a common symbol on this occasion . The chief person likewise , the Patri- arch ...
... described the ark , the vaus appinguμvaïs , like a lunette ; it was in consequence of it called Mn , and Eλnon , which signify a Moon : and a crescent became a common symbol on this occasion . The chief person likewise , the Patri- arch ...
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... described , who was the founder of mankind in general ; and of those in particular , who assumed the title of Μακαρες , Αθανατοι , Δαίμονες ; and who were esteemed a superior order of beings . This person is also said to have been the ...
... described , who was the founder of mankind in general ; and of those in particular , who assumed the title of Μακαρες , Αθανατοι , Δαίμονες ; and who were esteemed a superior order of beings . This person is also said to have been the ...
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Æneid alluded antient Apis Apollodorus Apollon apud Architis Argo Argonauts Arkite Atargatis Athenæus Baris Berith Beroë called Chron Cibotus Cronus Dæmons Damater Danaus Deity Deluge denominated described Deucalion Diodorus Dionusus earth Egypt Egyptians emblem Erech esteemed Euseb Goddess Grecians Greece Greeks Helius Hence Herodotus Hesych Hesychius hieroglyphic Hyginus Hymn Ibid Inachus Iöna Iönah Isis et Osiris Janus Juno Lunus Macrob mankind memorial mentioned Minyæ mythology nations Noah Nonnus Orphic Osiris Ovid particular Patriarch Pausan Pausanias Peleiades person personage Phoroneus Plutarch poet Poseidon preserved priests purport represented rites sacred says Schol Scholia shew shewn ship signified speaks Strabo styled supposed Syria taken notice temple term Theba Thessaly tion Typhon Venus whence worship writers Zeus Zeuth γαρ δε δι δια εις εκ εν εξ επι ες Ζευς Θεων και κατα μεν περι προς τε τοις ὡς
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Page 128 - And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child ; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father. 60 And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John. 61 And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.
Page 3 - And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him : and the LORD shut him in.
Page 3 - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Page 5 - And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
Page 5 - And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made: and he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
Page 128 - And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest, for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways...
Page 197 - This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations. I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
Page 5 - But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark...
Page 38 - And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.
Page 2 - A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.