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" Babylonia, an animal endowed with reason by name Cannes, whose whole body (according to the account of Apollodorus) was that of a fish ; that under the fish's head he had another head, with feet also below, similar to those of a man, subjoined to the... "
The Dawn of Astronomy: A Study of the Temple-worship and Mythology of the ... - Page 381
by Sir Norman Lockyer - 1893 - 432 pages
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A New System: Or, An Analysis of Antient Mythology ...

Jacob Bryant - Folklore and history - 1807 - 494 pages
...of the animal " was like that of a fish ; and had under a fish's " head another head, and also feet below, similar " to those of a man, subjoined to the fish's tail. " His voice too, and language was articulate and " human ; and there was a representation of him " to be seen in the time of Berosus....
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A New System: Or, An Analysis of Antient Mythology ...

Jacob Bryant - Folklore and history - 1807 - 502 pages
...of the animal " was like that of a fish ; and had under a fish's " head another head, and also feet below, similar " to those of a man, subjoined to the fish's tail. " His voice too, and language was articulate and " human ; and there was a representation of him " to be seen in the time of Berosus....
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A New System: Or, An Analysis of Antient Mythology ...

Jacob Bryant - Folklore and history - 1807 - 524 pages
...was Tike that of a fish1; and had under a fish's " bead another head, and also feet below, similar 'r to those of a man, subjoined to the fish's tail. " His voice too, and language was articulate and " human; and there \vara' representation of him " to be seen in the time of Berosus....
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Ancient Fragments of the Phoenician, ChaldÆan, Egyptian, Tyrian ...

Isaac Preston Cory - History, Ancient - 1832 - 468 pages
...by name Oannes, whose whole body (according to the account of Apollodoms) waa that of « fish; that under the fish's head he had another head, with feet...subjoined to the fish's tail. His voice too, and language, was articulate and human i And a representation of him is preserved even to this day. V Si f'mii/a...
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Ancient fragments of the Phœnician ... and other writers

Sanchoniathon - 1832 - 474 pages
...by name Oannes, whose whole body (according to the account of Apollodorus) was that of a fish; that under the fish's head he had another head, with feet...subjoined to the fish's tail. His voice too, and language, was articulate and human ; and a representation of him is preserved even to this day. BEROSSUS. TSÏTO...
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Ancient Fragments of the Phoenician, ChaldÆan, Egyptian, Tyrian ...

Isaac Preston Cory - History, Ancient - 1832 - 464 pages
...(according to the account of Apollodorus) was that ftf * fish; that «ndgr tfee fish's head be liad another head, with feet also below, similar to those...to the fish's tail. His .voice too, and language, was articulate and human ; .and a «presentation of him is preserved even to this day. » ¿> b. Vpss....
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Ancient Fragments of the Phoenician, ChaldÆan, Egyptian, Tyrian ...

Isaac Preston Cory - History, Ancient - 1832 - 462 pages
...by name Oannes, whose whole body (according to the account of Apollodorus) was that of a fish; that under the fish's head he had another head, with feet...also below, similar to those of a man, subjoined to tfre fish's tail. His voice too, and language, was articulate and human ; and a representation of him...
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A Classical and Archaeological Dictionary of the Manners, Customs, Laws ...

P. Austin Nuttall - Archaeology - 1840 - 722 pages
...whole body (according to the account of Apollodorus) was that of a fish ; and that under the nsh's bead he had another head, with feet also below, similar...voice too, and language, were articulate and human. Oannes wrote concerning the generation of mankind ; and of their civil polity ; and the following is...
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The Patriarchal Age, Or, The History and Religion of Mankind from the ...

George Smith - Bible - 1847 - 646 pages
...name Oannes, whose whole body (according to the account of Apollodorus) was that of a fish ; that, under the fish's head, he had another head, with feet...subjoined to the fish's tail. His voice, too, and language was articulate and human ; and a representation of him is preserved to this day. " This being was accustomed...
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Nineveh: A Review of Its Ancient History and Modern Explorers

R. G. Pote - Assyria - 1854 - 318 pages
...«£/JEVOV, an animal unusually intellectual?) by name Cannes; whose whole body, according- to Apollodorus, was that of a fish. Under the fish's head he had another head, with feet also below, like a man's, and subjoined to the fish's tail: his voice and language were articulate and human, A...
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