Archive image from page 242 of The cyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary. The cyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature cyclopaediaoruni03rees Year: 1819 A T II /ioneJ by the difappearance of the fun, but the darknefs OYcrfpiead cliaos previonfly to the creation, and from vhich the Almighty Creator called forth into an habitable Hate the material univcvfe. This myftcrioiis night was in their opinion the origin of things. Oi-pheus, initiated in the myileries of the Eg'ptians, communicated them to the Greeks, and recommended them by the harmony of his vcrfes
Archive image from page 242 of The cyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary. The cyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature cyclopaediaoruni03rees Year: 1819 A T II /ioneJ by the difappearance of the fun, but the darknefs OYcrfpiead cliaos previonfly to the creation, and from vhich the Almighty Creator called forth into an habitable Hate the material univcvfe. This myftcrioiis night was in their opinion the origin of things. Oi-pheus, initiated in the myileries of the Eg'ptians, communicated them to the Greeks, and recommended them by the harmony of his vcrfes. Paufanias, when he vifited Greece, faw at Mcgara ' the grade of the night,' where every thing was taught that related to Athor. This fymbolical deity, by which the Egyptians characterized the principle of things,' became, in the language of the Greek philofopher, the ' Venus Cce- leftis,' or the motlier of the world. A T H to reach above tlie clouds. Martianiis Capelliis affirTned that it V. as fix milts high ; and it was believed that no rain fell upon it, as the afhcikft on the altars ercfted near its fummit remained dry and undifperfed. Plutarch and Pliny have alTertcd, tliat it projedtcd its fiiadow, at the fummer folftice, on the market-place of Myrina, the prin- cipal city of the ifland Ijemnos. On this account, it it faid, the inh;:tiitants of the city crefted a brazen cow at the termination of tiie (hadow, on which was iufcribed thi» verfe : ' ASi-; x«X[ v\'.Vfa AiiviKt jSocj.' ' Half Lcmnos' calf doth Athos' fhadow hide.' According to Pliny, the diftance between the foot of mount Athos and the itland of Leronos was 87000 paces ; is,' or the mother ot tlie world. Orpheus taught them this part of their theogony in his hymn to the night, where he fays, ' I fhall iing the night, mother of gods and men, and according to Bclon (Obferv. 1. i. c. 25.), eight leagues the origin of the creation, whom we fhall call Venus.' '~' - â ''â¢â¢â¢ - ⢠- Tiie poe
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