 of the posterity of Chus, addicted to the contemplation of the stars. They worship the sun as a god, and the whole country, for half-a-mile round their town, is filled with great altars dedicated to him. By the dawn of morn they get up and run out of...  Letters Concerning Mythology - Page 90by Thomas Blackwell - 1748 - 408 pagesFull view - About this book
 | rev. Alexander Hislop - Papacy - 1862 - 512 pages
...the contemplation of the stars. They worship the sun as a god, and the whole country, for half-a-mile round their town, is filled with great altars dedicated...morn they get up and run out of town, to wait the rising sun, to whom, on every altar, there is a consecrated image, not in the likeness of a man, but... | |
 | Henry Shepheard - Bible - 1871 - 456 pages
...the contemplation of the stars. They worship the sun as a god, and the whole country, for half-a-milc round their town, is filled with great altars dedicated...of morn they get up and run out of town to wait the rising sun, to whom, on every altar, there is a conseerated image, not in the likeness of a man, but... | |
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