A new system, or, An analysis of ancient mythology : wherein an attempt is made to divest tradition of fable, and to reduce the truth to its original purity ... . smade againfl: the apoftate Tribes in Ifrael, who all Jacrificedto the Goddefs Baal, reprefented by an heifer. ^^ Hatrai a^<pyAai, a/ (TvvolKo^clqoli b^vov tji BaaA, rn ^ci[JLOLXsi. Thiswas certaiknly an emblem of that fuppofed Deity, called Gaia,Rhea, and Damater. ^^ Tciia Qbol, (JLYiTs^ MdKct^m, Cu^toov t oLV^^t/iirm,Hence Apuleius, when he is defcribing the Pompa Ifiaca,fays of the facred Cow, ^^ Erat ea Bos omniparentis Deasfc
A new system, or, An analysis of ancient mythology : wherein an attempt is made to divest tradition of fable, and to reduce the truth to its original purity ... . smade againfl: the apoftate Tribes in Ifrael, who all Jacrificedto the Goddefs Baal, reprefented by an heifer. ^^ Hatrai a^<pyAai, a/ (TvvolKo^clqoli b^vov tji BaaA, rn ^ci[JLOLXsi. Thiswas certaiknly an emblem of that fuppofed Deity, called Gaia,Rhea, and Damater. ^^ Tciia Qbol, (JLYiTs^ MdKct^m, Cu^toov t oLV^^t/iirm,Hence Apuleius, when he is defcribing the Pompa Ifiaca,fays of the facred Cow, ^^ Erat ea Bos omniparentis Deasfcecundum fimulachrum. From this we may be led to inferthat the female was the appointed emblem of the Ark ; andthe male of the perfon. The fhrines, where this ftrange ado-ration was paid, were efteemed oracular : whence the ani-mal had the name of Alphi, Dei vox: which was renderedAlpha by the Greeks. Elefychius accordingly tells us, 3« A(<2 t; ((pvyn ccTTo ad o Airn; o °^i^ bkAsktos era ax. 46. V. L. 3. c. sg. +° I Kings, C. 12. V. 28, • C. I. V. * Orphic Hymn. L. 9. p. 373. Edit. f_- >umr,7,/ L^ tt C fl\) I /(/ii/rfUi . \ Wu-ivi/rf :^,u\,,-/ii/,/.i yi i-t^. The Analysis of Ancient MyxHOLOGY. 427 AAf a l^dg; or AK(pcc ^oog KBCpOLM, ^omzsg. Th Phenicianscall an Oxy or Cow^ or the head of thofe aiiimah^ Alpha. AndPlutarch, fpeaking of Cadmus, fays, that he placed Alphathe jirjl letter^ becaufe among the Phenicians it was the nameof the/acred Steer or Heifer. I have before taken notice, thatthe Grecian writers have fuppofed Cadmus to have been con-ducted by a Cow : but the true hiftory may be knownfrom the defcription of the Cow, by which Cadmus, or ra-ther the Cadmians, are faid to have been diredled. It had upon each fide a in ark ^ refe?nbli72g the figure of the7710072, Paufanias mentions the fame circumflance: andfays, that it was a white mark, and like the inoon, when atfull. Among all t
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