The popular and critical Bible encyclopædia and Scriptural dictionary, fully defining and explaining all religious terms, including biographical, geographical, historical, archaeological and doctrinal themes . n order to show how her worship wasintroduced into Ephesus from the coasts of theBlack Sea; and endeavors to point out theseveral Medo-Persian, Egyptian, Libyan, Scy-thian and Cretan, elements of which she is com-pounded (Symbolik, ii. 115, jq.). The later image with the full development ofattributes is, as Creuzer says, a Pantheon of Asi-atic and Egyptian deities. Even in it, however,we
The popular and critical Bible encyclopædia and Scriptural dictionary, fully defining and explaining all religious terms, including biographical, geographical, historical, archaeological and doctrinal themes . n order to show how her worship wasintroduced into Ephesus from the coasts of theBlack Sea; and endeavors to point out theseveral Medo-Persian, Egyptian, Libyan, Scy-thian and Cretan, elements of which she is com-pounded (Symbolik, ii. 115, jq.). The later image with the full development ofattributes is, as Creuzer says, a Pantheon of Asi-atic and Egyptian deities. Even in it, however,we see how little influence Greek art had in modi-fying its antique rudeness. It is still more like amummy than a Greek statute. Some of the mostsignificant attributes in this figure are—The tur-reted head, like that of Cybele; the nimbus behindit representing the moon ; the zodiacal signs of thebull, the twins, and the crab on her bosom; belowthem, two garlands, one of flowers and the otherof acorns; the numerous breasts; the lions, stags,and cows in various parts; the bees and flowerson the sides; and others described in MillinsGalcrie Mythol. i. 26. Her priests were calledMegabyzi, and were Artemis. The Arabic version of the Acts renders Arte-mis, in the chapter cited, by Az Zuharat, which isthe Arabic name for the planet Venus. ARTJBOTH or ARABOTH (aru-both or ara-both), (Heb. ^-^-i. ar-oob-both), a country belong-ing to Judah (1 Kings iv:lo), the situation of whichis not known. It was probably a name for the rich corn-grow-ing country of the Shefelah. ARTJMAH (a-rumah), otherwise Rumah, ( (p^S, ar-oo-maw, height), a city near Shechem(Judges ix:4i), where Abimelech, the son of Gideon,dwelt. ARVAD (arvad), (Heb. TTlN, ar-vad, place of fugitives, 1 Mace. xv:23), or, as it might be spelt,Aruad, whence the present name Ruad, a smallisland and city on the coast of Syria, called by theGreeks Aradus, by which name it is mentioned in1 Mace. xv:23. It is a small rock
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