The Pantheon : or, fabulous history of the heathen gods, goddesses, heroes, &c, explained in a manner entirely new ; with an appendix by William Cooke . ices (according to [.>] Pliny) which gave rise to thestory of the two oxen. Being expelled his dominionsby Jupiter, he fled to Scythia, where he retired tomount Caucasus, either to make astronomical observa-tion?, cr to indulge his melancholy for the loss of hisdominions. This occasioned the fable of the vulturefeeding upon his Hver. As he was also the first inven-tor of forging metals by fire, he was said to have stolethe element from heav
The Pantheon : or, fabulous history of the heathen gods, goddesses, heroes, &c, explained in a manner entirely new ; with an appendix by William Cooke . ices (according to [.>] Pliny) which gave rise to thestory of the two oxen. Being expelled his dominionsby Jupiter, he fled to Scythia, where he retired tomount Caucasus, either to make astronomical observa-tion?, cr to indulge his melancholy for the loss of hisdominions. This occasioned the fable of the vulturefeeding upon his Hver. As he was also the first inven-tor of forging metals by fire, he was said to have stolethe element from heaven. In short, as the first know-Icdge of agriculture, and even navigation, is qscribedto him, it is no wonder if he was celebrated for forminga living man from an inaninv-ted substance. Some authors-imagine Prometheus to be the samewith Noah The learned Bochart imagines him to beMagoj. Each opinion is supported by arguments,which do not want a shew of probability• The tory of Pandora affords very distinct traces ofthe tradition of the fall of our first parents, and the se-duction of (Vdam .>v his wife live. CHAP. [S] PKny, Pock 7, cap. j6. I. /- r-7 THE HEATHEN GODi. 1 3 C II A P. Devciihqn and Pyrrfia. IJ EUCALION was the son of Prometheus, and hadmarried his cousin-germah Pyrrha, the daughter of Epi-metheus, who bore him a sou, called Helenas, who gavename to Greece. Deucalion reigned in Thessaly (6),which he governed with equity and justice ; but hiscountry, for the wickedness of the inhabitants, beingdestroyed by a flood, he and his queen only escaped by8fving themselves on mount Parnassus. After the de-crease of the waters, this illustrious pair consulted theoracle of Themis in their distress. The answer was inthese terms, Depart the temple, veil uour heads and faces %unloose your girdles, and throw behind your backs the bonesof your grandmother. Pyrrha was shocked at an advice,which her piety made her regard with horror: but Deu-calion penetrated the mystica
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