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Page 47
... speaks of Iris in the plural , as fixed in the cloud by Jupiter , for a portentous sign to mortal men.§ The only constellations , or clusters of stars , ex- pressly mentioned in the Hebrew Scriptures , are the Pleiades , or Seven Stars ...
... speaks of Iris in the plural , as fixed in the cloud by Jupiter , for a portentous sign to mortal men.§ The only constellations , or clusters of stars , ex- pressly mentioned in the Hebrew Scriptures , are the Pleiades , or Seven Stars ...
Page 48
... speak , I find none , except the rising and setting of the stars , by which they regulated the business of husbandry and navi- gation . Neither were these risings and settings real . They were all apparent , though of different kinds ...
... speak , I find none , except the rising and setting of the stars , by which they regulated the business of husbandry and navi- gation . Neither were these risings and settings real . They were all apparent , though of different kinds ...
Page 52
... speaks of a month as having thirty , with- out accounting for the remaining three . To reconcile these inconsistent partitions of the month , we may suppose , that it was divided into three decades , and that the three periods of nine ...
... speaks of a month as having thirty , with- out accounting for the remaining three . To reconcile these inconsistent partitions of the month , we may suppose , that it was divided into three decades , and that the three periods of nine ...
Page 56
... speaks of a people , still further north , whom he calls Hyberboreans , or people living be . yond or behind the north - wind , as Pindar , Pliny , and Strabo , interpret it . + # In the catalogue ‡ he mentions Alybè , as the na- tive ...
... speaks of a people , still further north , whom he calls Hyberboreans , or people living be . yond or behind the north - wind , as Pindar , Pliny , and Strabo , interpret it . + # In the catalogue ‡ he mentions Alybè , as the na- tive ...
Page 60
... speak different tongues ; for some are inhabited by Achæans ; others by indi- genous Cretans ; some by the Cydones ; others by the Pelasgians ; and the remainder by Dorians . These again are divided into three parties . This last ...
... speak different tongues ; for some are inhabited by Achæans ; others by indi- genous Cretans ; some by the Cydones ; others by the Pelasgians ; and the remainder by Dorians . These again are divided into three parties . This last ...
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