A Dissertation on the Mysteries of the Cabiri: Or, The Great Gods of Phenicia, Samothrace, Egypt, Troas, Greece, Italy, and Crete; Being an Attempt to Deduce the Several Orgies of Isis, Ceres, Mithras, Bacchus, Rhea, Adonis, and Hecate, from a Union of the Rites Commemorative of the Deluge with the Adoration of the Hosts of Heaven, Volume 1At the University Press for the author, and sold by F. and C. Rivington, 1803 - 428 pages |
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Æneid afferts Aftartè Agruerus alfo allufion alſo ancient Apoll Apollo Apollodorus appellation apud Argon arkite Bacchus Beotia Bibl Boötes bull Cabiri called Ceres circumftance confequence Corybantes Crete Cronus Dardanus daughter deity deluge deſcribed diluvian Dionyf eſteemed facred faid fame father feems ferpent feven fhall fhip fignifies firſt folar fome fometimes fuperftition fuppofed fymbolical genealogy gods Greeks Hefych Hence Hercules Hift himſelf hiſtory Ibid Ifis Inachus iſland Juno Jupiter likewife Lycoph Minerva Mizraim moſt muſt Myſteries mythological Neptune Noah Noëtic Nonnus obferved Ocean Ofiris patriarch Pauf perfon Phenician Phoroneus prefent preferved Proferpine Protogonus reaſon refpecting repreſented Rhea Sanchoniatho Schol ſeems ſhall ſhe Strab Styx ſuppoſed Sydyk Telchines thefe theſe thoſe Titans Typhon Tzet Uranus Vide fupra Vide infra chap whofe worſhip γαρ δε εις εκ εν επι ες εσιν και κατα μεν οἱ παρα τε τοις