A New System: Or, An Analysis of Antient Mythology ...J. Walker, 1807 - Folklore and history |
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... Abydenus particularly mentions , that " Belus appointed to the people their place of habitation . Dionysius refers to this Belus and his associates , when he is speaking of the deities , who were the ance tors of the Indo - Cuthites ...
... Abydenus particularly mentions , that " Belus appointed to the people their place of habitation . Dionysius refers to this Belus and his associates , when he is speaking of the deities , who were the ance tors of the Indo - Cuthites ...
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... represented of a character equally enterprizing and daring . 87 Abydenus , in his Assyrian Annals , 87 Εντι δε δι λέγεσι τες πρωτες εκ γης ανασχοντας ῥωμῃ τε και alludes to the insurrection of the sons of Chus , ANTIENT MYTHOLOGY . 47.
... represented of a character equally enterprizing and daring . 87 Abydenus , in his Assyrian Annals , 87 Εντι δε δι λέγεσι τες πρωτες εκ γης ανασχοντας ῥωμῃ τε και alludes to the insurrection of the sons of Chus , ANTIENT MYTHOLOGY . 47.
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... Abydenus mentions high winds , which im- peded the work , and finally overthrew the tower . The like is mentioned in the Sibylline oracles , together with the confusion of tongues : which circumstance most of these writers , from not be ...
... Abydenus mentions high winds , which im- peded the work , and finally overthrew the tower . The like is mentioned in the Sibylline oracles , together with the confusion of tongues : which circumstance most of these writers , from not be ...
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... From the high tower of Belus . This is the purport of the passage ; and it is con- sonant to all history . The Giants , whom Abydenus makes the build ers of. * Iliad .. V. A. v . 591 . Diod . Sicul . 1. 3. p . 190 . ANTIENT MYTHOLOGY . 63.
... From the high tower of Belus . This is the purport of the passage ; and it is con- sonant to all history . The Giants , whom Abydenus makes the build ers of. * Iliad .. V. A. v . 591 . Diod . Sicul . 1. 3. p . 190 . ANTIENT MYTHOLOGY . 63.
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... Abydenus makes the build ers of Babel , are , by other writers , represented as the Titans . They are said to have received their name from their mother Titæa . 9 Κοινως δε παντας απο της μητρος ονομαζομενες Τιτηνας : by which we are to ...
... Abydenus makes the build ers of Babel , are , by other writers , represented as the Titans . They are said to have received their name from their mother Titæa . 9 Κοινως δε παντας απο της μητρος ονομαζομενες Τιτηνας : by which we are to ...
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Abydenus Ægyptus æra Africanus afterwards Alexander Polyhistor alluded Amenophis Amosis antient Apollodorus apud Arabia Ararat Armenia Arrian Auritæ Babel Babylon Babylonia Bacchus Belus Berosus Bochart called Canaan Chaldea Chron Colchis consequence Cronus Cutha Cuthites Deity deluge Diodorus Dionys dispersion dynasty earth Egypt Egyptians Erythrean Ethiopians Euseb Eusebius Gods Grecians Greeks Hellenes Hence Herodotus Hesiod Ibid Indus Israelites Josephus king land language learned Manethon mankind mentioned Mizraïm Moses nations Nimrod Oannes original Perieg person Præp princes Ptolemy region reign river Sacæ sacred says Scythia Sethon Shepherds shew shewn Shinar signified sons of Chus speaks Strabo styled supposed Syncell Syncellus takes notice term Tigris tion Titanian Titans tower whence worship writers ανθρωπων γαρ δε δι δια εις εκ εν ενθα εξ επι και κατα μεν ὁι παρα περι προς τας τε τες τοις ὑπο ὡς
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Page 24 - And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
Page 24 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven ; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Page 38 - These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
Page 341 - Lord's portion is his people ; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
Page 18 - By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
Page 24 - And the Lord said, Behold the people is one, and they have all one language ; and this they begin to do : and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
Page 83 - And Cush begat Nimrod : he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. Wherefore it is said, even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Page 284 - And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
Page 36 - And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
Page 24 - Therefore is the name of it called Babel ; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth : and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.