A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume 2 (of 6)Bryant, Jacob
History
A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume 2 (of 6)
Bryant, Jacob
History, Ancient; Mythology
Ἡ Παλληνη Χερρονησος, ἡ εν τῳ Ισθμῳ κειται. ἡ πριν μεν Ποτιδαια, νυν δε
Κασσανδρεια, Φλεγραια δε πριν εκαλειτο· ωκουν δ' αυτην ὁι μυθυομενοι
Γιγαντες, εθνος ασεβες, και ανομον. Strabo. Epitome. l. 7. p. 510.
[617] Lycophron. v. 115.
[618] Stephanus places Torone in Thrace, and supposes it to have been named
from Torone, who was not the wife, but daughter of Proteus. Απο Τορωνης της
Πρωτεως. Some made her the daughter of Poseidon and Phœnice. See Steph.
Φλεγραια. There were more towers than one of this name.
[619] Παλληνιαν επηλθε Γηγενων τροφον, Lycoph. v. 127.
[620] Lycophron. v. 124.
[621] Eustath. on Dionysius. v. 259.
[622] Herodot. l. 2. c. 112.
[623] Πρωτεα κικλησκω, ποντου κληιδας εχοντα. Orphic Hymn. 24.
[624] Aristides. Oratio Ægyptiaca. v. 3. p. 608.
[625] Stephanus Byzant. Φαρος.
[626] Chilias. 2. Hist. 44. p. 31. Πρωτευς φοινικης φινικος παις--περι την
φαρον κατοικων.
[627] Orphic Hymn to Proteus. 24.
[628] Eustath. in Dionys. v. 14.
Φροντιν Ονητοριδην. Homer. Odyss. Γ. v. 282. See also Hesych.
[629] Æneid. l. 6. v. 556.
[630] Virg. Æneid. l. 6. v. 618.
[631] Stephanus. Αιθιοπια.
[632] The hieroglyphic was a man with the head of a bull; which had the
same reference, as the Apis, and Mneuis of Egypt.
[633] Diodorus Sic. l. 20. p. 756.
[634] Homer. Odyss. Μ. v. 222.
[635] Epist. 79.
[636] Ακουσιλαος Φορκυνος και Ἑκατης την Σκυλλαν λεγει. Στησικορος δε, εν
τῃ Σκυλλῃ, Λαμιας την Σκυλλαν φησι θυγατερα ειναι. Apollonius. Schol. l. 4.
v. 828.
[637] Euripides. Cyclops. v. 126.
[638] Odyss. l. Ι. v. 389.
[639] Imitated by Mr. Pope.
[640] Ennius translated into Latin the history of Euhemerus, who seems to
have been a sensible man, and saw into the base theology of his country. He
likewise wrote against it, and from hence made himself many enemies. Strabo
treats him as a man devoted to fiction. l. 2. p. 160.
[641] Ex Ennii Historiâ sacrâ, quoted by Lactantius. Divin. Institut. vol.
1. c. 13. p. 59.
[642] Μεσσηνιον Ευημερον. Strabo. l. 1. p. 81.
[643] Clemens. Cohort. p. 11. Arnobius. l. 5.
[644] Διονυσον Μαινολον οργιασουσι Βακχοι, ωμοφαγιᾳ την ἱερομανιαν αγοντες,
και τελισκουσι τας κρεονομιας των φονων ανεστεμμενοι τοις οφεσιν. Clemens
Cohort. p. 11.
[645] Julius Firmicus. p. 14.
[646] Apollon. Rhod. l. 1. v. 636.
[647] Scholia Apollon. l. 1. v. 635.
[648] Porphyry περι αποχης. l. 2. p. 224.
[649] Turricolas Lamias, Fauni quas Pompiliique
Instituere Numæ. Lactant. de falsâ Relig. l. 1. c. 22. p. 105.
[650] Homer Odyss. Κ. v. 81.
[651] Ibid. Κ. v. 120.
[652] Εν μερει τινι της χωρας (της Σικελιας) Κυκλωπες, και Λαιστρυγονες,
οικησαι. Thucyd. l. 6. p. 378.
[653] Scholia. v. 956. Leon in Leontium is a translation of Lais (לוש) Leo:
Bochart.
[654] Lycoph. above.
[655] Plutarch de Defect. Orac. vol. 1. p. 398.
Ἑτεροι δε φᾳσιν εκ Μαλιαιων αφικεσθαι Λαμιας θυγατερα Σιβυλλαν. Clem. Alex.
Strom. l. 1. p. 358. Pausanias makes her the daughter of Jupiter and Lamia.
l. 10. p. 825.
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