[390] Plutarch. Isis et Osiris. v. 1. p. 359. [391] Virgil. Æn. l. 2. v. 713. [392] Την ταφην (Διονυσου) ειναι φασιν εν Δελφοις παρα τον Χρυσουν Απολλωνα. Cyril. cont. Julian. l. 1. p. 11. [393] Callimach. Hymn. in Jovem. v. 8. Ὡδε μεγας κειται Ζαν, ὁν Δια κικλησκουσι. Porphyr. Vita Pythagoræ. p. 20. [394] Hence Hercules was styled Τριεσπερος. Lycoph. v. 33. Ζευς τρεις ἑσπερας εις μιαν μεταβαλων συνεκαθευδε τῃ Αλκμηνῃ. Schol. ibid. [395] Abbe Banier. Mythology of the Antients explained. vol. 4. b. 3. c. 6. p. 77, 78. Translation. [396] Plaut. Amphitryo. Act. 1. s. 3. [397] Cicero de Nat. Deor. l. 1. c. 42. Αλλα και ταφον αυτου (Ζηνος) δεικνυουσι. Lucian. de Sacrificiis. v. 1. p. 355. [398] Maximus Tyrius. Dissert. 38. p. 85. [399] Clementis Cohort. p. 40. [400] Arnobius contra Gentes. l. 4. p. 135. Clem. Alexand. Cohort. p. 24. [401] Tertullian. Apolog. c. 14. Πευσομαι δε σου κᾳ 'γω, ω ανθρωπε, ποσοι Ζηνες ἑυρισκονται. Theoph. ad Autolyc. l. 1. p. 344. [402] Newton's Chronology. p. 151. [403] Pezron. Antiquities of nations. c. 10, 11, 12. [404] Virgil. Æn. l. 7. v. 48. [405] Sir Isaac Newton supposes Jupiter to have lived after the division of the kingdoms in Israel; Pezron makes him antecedent to the birth of Abraham, and even before the Assyrian monarchy. [406] Arnobius has a very just observation to this purpose. Omnes Dii non sunt: quoniam plures sub eodem nomine, quemadmodum accepimus, esse non possunt, &c. l. 4. p. 136. [407] Antiquus Auctor Euhemerus, qui fuit ex civitate Messene, res gestas Jovis, et cæterorum, qui Dii putantur, collegit; historiamque contexuit ex titulis, et inscriptionibus sacris, quæ in antiquissimis templis habebantur; maximeque in fano Jovis Triphylii, ubi auream columnam positam esse ab ipso Jove titulus indicabat. In quâ columnâ gesta sua perscripsit, ut monumentum esset posteris rerum suarum. Lactant. de Falsâ Relig. l. 1. c. 11. p. 50. (Euhemerus), quem noster et interpretatus, et secutus est præter cæteros, Ennius. Cicero de Nat. Deor. l. 1. c. 42. [408] Lactantius de Falsâ Relig. l. 1. c. 11. p. 52. [409] Varro apud Solinum. c. 16. [410] Epiphanius in Ancorato. p. 108. Cyril. contra Julianum. l. 10. p. 342. See Scholia upon Lycophron. v. 1194. [411] Callimach. Hymn. in Jovem. v. 6. [412] Ταφον θεας αξιον. Pausan. l. 2. p. 161. [413] Diodor. Sicul. l. 1. p. 23. Ταφηναι λεγουσι την Ισιν εν Μεμφει. Osiris buried at Memphis, and at Nusa. Diodorus above. Also at Byblus in Phenicia. Εισι δε ενιοι Βυβλιων, ὁι λεγουσι παρα σφισι τεθαφθαι τον Οσιριν τον Αιγυπτιον. Lucian. de Syriâ Deâ. v. 2. p. 879. Τα μεν ουν περι της ταφης των Θεων τουτων διαφωνειται παρα τοις πλειστοις. Diodor. l. 1. p. 24. [414] Procopius περι κτισματων. l. 6. c. 1. p. 109. Αιγυπτιοι τε γαρ Οσιριδος πολλαχου θηκας, ὡσπερ ειρηται, δεικνυουσι. Plutarch. Isis et Osiris. p. 358. He mentions πολλους Οσιριδος ταφους εν Αιγυπτῳ. Ibid. p. 359.