"It is scarcely necessary to say that these weapons are the heritage of all the _Solar_ heroes, that they are found in the hands of Phebus and Herakles, of Œdipus, Achilleus, Philoktetes, of Siguard, Rustem, Indra, Isfendujar, of Telephos, Meleagros, Theseus, Kadmos, Bellerophon, and all other slayers of noxious and fearful things." (Rev. Geo. Cox: Tales of Ancient Greece, p. xxvii.) [69:4] See Volney: Researches in Ancient History, p. 41. Higgins: Anacalypsis, vol. i. p. 239; Montfaucon: L'Antiquité Expliquée, vol. i. p. 213, and Murray: Manual of Mythology, pp. 259-262. It is evident that _Herodotus_, the Grecian historian, was somewhat of a skeptic, for he says: "The Grecians say that 'When Hercules arrived in Egypt, the Egyptians, having crowned him with a garland, led him in procession, as designing to sacrifice him to Jupiter, and that for some time he remained quiet, but when they began the preparatory ceremonies upon him at the altar, he set about defending himself and slew every one of them.' Now, since Hercules was but one, and, besides, a mere man, as they confess, how is it possible that he should slay many thousands?" (Herodotus, book ii. ch. 45). [69:5] Murray: Manual of Mythology, p. 263. [70:1] Volney: Researches in Anc't History, pp. 41, 42. In Bell's "Pantheon of the Gods and Demi-Gods of Antiquity," we read, under the head of _Ammon_ or _Hammon_ (the name of the Egyptian Jupiter, worshiped under the figure of a _Ram_), that: "_Bacchus_ having subdued Asia, and passing with his army through the deserts of Africa, was in great want of water; but Jupiter, his father, assuming the shape of a _Ram_, led him to a fountain, where he refreshed himself and his army; in requital of which favor, Bacchus built there a temple to Jupiter, under the title of _Ammon_." [70:2] Cadiz (ancient Gades), being situated near the _mouth_ of the Mediterranean. The first author who mentions the Pillars of Hercules is Pindar, and he places them there. (Chambers's Encyclo. "Hercules.") [70:3] Volney's Researches, p. 41. See also Tylor: Primitive Culture, vol. i. p. 357. [70:4] See Chambers's Encyclopædia, Art. "Hercules." Cory's Ancient Fragments, p. 36, _note_; and Bulfinch: The Age of Fable, p. 201. [70:5] Chambers's Encyclo., art. "Hercules." [70:6] Vol. i. plate cxxvii. [71:1] Monumental Christianity, p. 399. [71:2] Œd. Jud. p. 360, in Anacalypsis, vol. i. p. 239. [71:3] "Rien de plus connu dans la fable que ses amours avec Omphale et Iole."--L'Antiquité Expliquée, vol. i. p. 224. [71:4] The Legend of Samson, p. 404. [71:5] Vol. i. plate cxxvii. [71:6] "Samson was remarkable for his long hair. The meaning of this trait in the original myth is easy to guess, and appears also from representations of the Sun-god amongst other peoples. _These long hairs are the rays of the Sun._" (Bible for Learners, i. 416.)