It is easy to sei, underĪll thi» confusion and perplexity, the rtmukt ei truth That disorderly s - ltc ' ' which all tin- el merits lay bit. Mation of tiie GoJi, giving a very poetical picture of His tir-t setting o.it in the Metamorphosis, or transfor. V\ r e find Virgil represent-Ĭhaos a» one of the infernal deities, and Ovid, at It is no wonder they disguised rather than illustrated Lealt intimation of abundance of circumftan-Ĭes necrrgii.] oi the worlds of which they kn?w so little, that No care has hitherto been taken to give the Though fome of their fables have been e:n-īellifhed with many circumftances related in Truth, when applied to the pagan theology, Thele have been found equally contrary to Others, that they were the patriarchs and Thev were the various parts of nature and Youth but in uorks of this kind, fufficientĬare has not been taken to unfold the origia Of antique medals, (tatues, r paintings orĮven to underitand the perfbr manxes of tin Įfteemed neceflary lor the improvement of The Ciaiiics impoffible to form a judgment Poffible to obtain a competent knowledge of Of polite learning, as without fhi-s ir is im. Others, who have ^r^feff.d to treat of theĪnd the ancient tables is a neceiTary branch Vice which we have received from the wri-Ĭufalius, Kircher, Lipfius, Montfaucon, and Us elpeciaiiy to acknowledge the great fer. ![]() Have alio received Come ufeful hints from theĪbbe Burner's r&ytholo'gy. Wo h«ve been care-įul to allow all things to evidence and reafon īut as little as might be to conjecture. ButĪs that learned and valuable writer feems nowĪnd then to have carried matters a Tittle tooįar, the reader will find lefs ufe made of him Ledge the great advantage we have received Recourfe, we muft here particularly acknow. Meanings, to a degree of demonftration butĪmongft all the authors to which we have had To clear up the moft difficult and intricate Other, and it has frequently happened, thatįcattered hints, widely difperfed, have ferved Have been confulted and compared with each The molt celebrated works on this iubject ![]() Thors, no expenfe, no labour has been fpared Us much more ufeful, more rational, and lefsĪs all works of this kind muft neceflarilyĬonfift of materials colleded from other au. We have followed a plan entirely new, and,Īt the fame time, fuch an one as appeared to This fubjett : it is fufficient for us to fay, that Others that have already been publifhed on Tation of this work, by depreciating the many \\ E have here no defign to raife the repu. This adopted offspring, it is time that Iįulness ©f the design, 1 could withf-hold Virtue and true religion, will be allowedįully, and to prepare it for another edi. Romans, particularly adapted to the Classics. Oi Suffolk, -nd Author of t >t Medalfic History ofĪ further Illustration of the D11 Majores of the I - Rector of Oldbury, Vicar of Enfold, Chaplain to the Earl R.^ oi Altars, Sacked Groves, Priests and Pointed out and an Historical Account of the Prodicjies, Aihtbries,Īuspices, Oracles, &c in which the Origin of each is Grxcian, Roman, ,::d Eastern Historians, Philo. Full text of " The Pantheon : or, fabulous history of the heathen gods, goddesses, heroes, &c, explained in a manner entirely new with an appendix by William Cooke"Ī Dissertation on the Theo'^gy ind Mythology of the Heath-Įns, from the Writing* of Moses, the.
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