. The Pantheon, or, Fabulous history of the heathen gods, goddesses, heroes, &c. : explained in a manner entirely new ... adorned with figures from ancient paintings, medals, and gems ... with a dissertation on the theology and mythology of the heathens ... . e laying afide his difgiiife, he made the bulla conftellation in the Zodiac, and^ to liOnoufhis newliiiftrefs, gave her name to the fourth part of the v/orld. In the mean timeAgenor, difconiolate for hisdaugh-ters lofs, fent his fons, Cadmus and Thafus, withdifferent fleets, in fearch of her (8 \ Thafus fettledin an ifland of the JEgean f
. The Pantheon, or, Fabulous history of the heathen gods, goddesses, heroes, &c. : explained in a manner entirely new ... adorned with figures from ancient paintings, medals, and gems ... with a dissertation on the theology and mythology of the heathens ... . e laying afide his difgiiife, he made the bulla conftellation in the Zodiac, and^ to liOnoufhis newliiiftrefs, gave her name to the fourth part of the v/orld. In the mean timeAgenor, difconiolate for hisdaugh-ters lofs, fent his fons, Cadmus and Thafus, withdifferent fleets, in fearch of her (8 \ Thafus fettledin an ifland of the JEgean fea, to which he gavehis name (9). Cadmus enquiring of the Delphicoracle for a fettlement, was anfwered, that he fliouldfollow the direction of a cow, and build a city wherefhe laid down. Arriving among the Phocenfes, hereone of Pelagons cows met him, and conducted him through (6) The cafe was thus : Achilles enamoured with Polyxena,defired her of Priam, who conlepted to the match. Thenuptials were to be folemnized in the temple of Apollo,where Paris had privately concealed himfelf, ard took theopportunity to kill Achilles. (7; Ovid, Lib. II. 835. (8; With an injun6lion not to return without her underpain of banifhnient. (9) It was before called Plate,. T H r 11 E A T H £ N G o r fl. iss through Boeotia, to the place where Thtbes was after-wards built. As he was about to lacriiice his guideto Pallas, he feiit two of his to the foun-tain Dirce, for water, who were killed by a foon revenged their death by flaying themonfter ; but fowing his teeth, according to Pallassadvice, there fprung up a number of men armed,who affaulted him to revenge their fathers feems the goddefs of wifdom had only a mindto frigliten him; for on his cafling a (tone amongftthem, thefe upftart warriors turned their weaponson each other with fuch animofity, that only fivelurvived the combat, v/lio proved very ufeful toCadmus, in founding his new city. Alter this, torecompenfe
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