The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria . ies in its ueiglibnurhood, cf. what Rknan says inMission de Ph^nicie, yp. 210-222; they possessed tlio legend from the very earliest times, and tlie scribeof Ihe Anaetaei Papi/rus, No. l,pl. xx. 7, 8, speaking of them in the time of Kamses II., refers to Byblosas a mysterious city, whose tutelary goddess he prefers to name at another time, being no doubt actuatedby the same motive of religious discretion which deterred Herodotus from uttering tlie name of Osiris(CuAliAS, Le Yoijarje dun £gyptien, pp. 5G-G1; cf. W. Max Mijllkr, Asien unc
The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria . ies in its ueiglibnurhood, cf. what Rknan says inMission de Ph^nicie, yp. 210-222; they possessed tlio legend from the very earliest times, and tlie scribeof Ihe Anaetaei Papi/rus, No. l,pl. xx. 7, 8, speaking of them in the time of Kamses II., refers to Byblosas a mysterious city, whose tutelary goddess he prefers to name at another time, being no doubt actuatedby the same motive of religious discretion which deterred Herodotus from uttering tlie name of Osiris(CuAliAS, Le Yoijarje dun £gyptien, pp. 5G-G1; cf. W. Max Mijllkr, Asien unci Euroj)a, pp. 188-191). Renan, Mission tie Phenicie, pp. 282-284. Tliis is the Nalir-lbrahim (cf. supra, p. 9). * Aphaka means spring in Syriao (Renan, Mission <le Ph€nicie, p. 299). Thu site of thetemple and town of Aphaka, where a temple of Aplirodite and Adonis still stood in the time of tlioEmperor Julian, had long been identified (Sozojien, Hist. Kcclts., 1. ii. 5; Zosiuus, I. i., Iviii.; 17(i SrRTA AT THE BEGINNINQ OF THE EGYPTIAN VALLEY OF THE ADONIS, SEEN FROMTHE RUINS OF APHAKA. into a sort of circular basin,where it gathers to itself thewaters of the neighbouring springs, then it dashes onwards under the single archof a Roman bridge, and descends in a series of waterfalls to the level of the valleybelow. The temple rises opposite the source of the stream on an artificialmound, a meteorite fallen from heaven having attracted the attention of thefaithful to the spot. The mountain falls abruptly away, its summit presenting ared and bare appearance, owing to the alternate action of summer sun and winterfrost. As the slopes approach the valley they become clothed with a garb ofwild vegetation, which bursts forth from every fissure, and finds a foothold onevery projecting rock : the base of the mountain is hidden in a tangled massof glowing green, which the moist yet sunny Spring calls forth in abundancewhenever the slopes are not too steep to retain a sha
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