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 ...T. Payne ..., P. Elmsly ... B. White ... and J. Walter, 1776 - History, Ancient |
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Abydenus Ægyptus æra alſo ancient apud Armenia aſſured Babel Babylon Babylonia Berofus called Chaldea Chron circumſtance Colchis conſequence conſiſted Cronus Cuthites defcended Deity deſcribed Diodorus diſperſion dynasty earth Egypt Egyptians eſt eſteemed Ethiopians Eufeb Eufebius expreſſed facred faid fame feem firſt fome fons of Chus Grecians Greece Hellenes Hence Herodotus hiſtory Ibid Ifraelites iſland king laſt Manethon mentioned Mofes moſt muſt nations Nimrod Oannes obſerved original paſſage paſſed perſon Plutarch preſerved purpoſe reaſon refided region reign repreſented reſpect rites ſacred ſaid ſame ſays Scholia Scythians ſeems ſeen ſettled ſhall Shepherds ſhew ſhewn Shinar ſhort ſhould ſignified ſome ſon ſpeaks ſpoken ſtate ſtill Strabo ſtyled ſuch ſuppoſed Syncellus taken notice temple themſelves theſe thoſe Titans uſed whoſe worship writers γαρ δε δι δια εις εκ εν επι και κατα μεν ὁι περι προς τε τες τοις ὑπο ὡς