_Attys_, who was called the "_Only Begotten Son_"[190:9] and "_Saviour_," was worshiped by the Phrygians (who were regarded as one of the oldest races of Asia Minor). He was represented by them as _a man tied to a tree_, at the foot of which was a _lamb_,[191:1] and, without doubt, also _as a man nailed to the tree, or stake_, for we find Lactantius making this Apollo of Miletus (anciently, the greatest and most flourishing city of Ionia, in Asia Minor) say that: "He was a mortal according to the flesh; wise in miraculous works; but, being arrested by an armed force by command of the Chaldean judges, _he suffered a death made bitter with nails and stakes_."[191:2] In this god of the Phrygians, we again have the myth of the _crucified Saviour of Paganism_. By referring to Mrs. Jameson's "History of Our Lord in Art,"[191:3] or to illustrations in chapter xl. this work, it will be seen that a common mode of representing a crucifixion was that of a man, tied with cords by the hands and feet, to an upright beam or stake. The _lamb_, spoken of above, which signifies considerable, we shall speak of in its proper place. _Tammuz_, or _Adonis_, the Syrian and Jewish _Adonai_ (in Hebrew "Our Lord"), was another _virgin-born_ god, who suffered for mankind, and who had the title of _Saviour_. The accounts of his death are conflicting, just as it is with almost all of the so-called Saviours of mankind (_including the Christian Saviour_, as we shall hereafter see) one account, however, makes him a _crucified Saviour_.[191:4] It is certain, however, that the ancients who honored him as their Lord and Saviour, celebrated, annually, a feast in commemoration of his death. An image, intended as a representation of their Lord, was laid on a bed or bier, and bewailed in mournful ditties--just as the Roman Catholics do at the present day in their "Good Friday" mass. During this ceremony the priest murmured: "_Trust ye in your Lord, for the pains which he endured, our salvation have procured._"[191:5] The Rev. Dr. Parkhurst, in his "Hebrew Lexicon," after referring to what we have just stated above, says: "I find myself _obliged_ to refer _Tammuz_ to that class of idols which were originally designed to represent the promised Saviour, the Desire of all Nations. His other name, _Adonis_, is almost the very Hebrew _Adoni_ or _Lord_, a well-known title of Christ."[191:6] _Prometheus_ was a crucified Saviour. He was "an immortal god, a friend of the human race, _who does not shrink even from sacrificing himself for their salvation_."[192:1]