Religions of the ancient world, including Egypt, Assyria, and Babylonia, Persia, India, Phoenicia, Etruria, Greece, Rome . ^ tohis interposition. He is especially useful to them. =a in the subjection of rebels. He also on someoccasions incites them to engage in the chase,and aids them strenuously in their encounterswith vnld bulls and hons. It is thought that hewas emblematically portrayed in the winged andhuman-headed bull, which forms so striking a ^ See Records of the Past, vol. v. p. 21. 68 THE RELIGIONS OF THE ANCIENT WOELD, feature iu the architectural erections of theAssyrians. As Nin w
Religions of the ancient world, including Egypt, Assyria, and Babylonia, Persia, India, Phoenicia, Etruria, Greece, Rome . ^ tohis interposition. He is especially useful to them. =a in the subjection of rebels. He also on someoccasions incites them to engage in the chase,and aids them strenuously in their encounterswith vnld bulls and hons. It is thought that hewas emblematically portrayed in the winged andhuman-headed bull, which forms so striking a ^ See Records of the Past, vol. v. p. 21. 68 THE RELIGIONS OF THE ANCIENT WOELD, feature iu the architectural erections of theAssyrians. As Nin was a favourite Assjaian, so Merodachwas a favourite Babylonian god. From theearliest times the Babylonian monarchs placedhim in the highest rank of deities, worshippinghim in conjunction with Anu, Bel, and Hea, thethree gods of the first triad. The great Templeof Babylon, known to the Greeks as the Templeof Bel,- was certainly dedicated to him ; and itwould therefore seem that the later Babjdonians,at any rate, must have habitually applied to himthe name of Bel, or lord, which in earhertimes had designated a different member of theirpantheon. Merodachs ordinary titles are
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