rocession of the [787]P'omphi, and from hence were derived the words
[Greek: pompe], and pompa. These originally related to a procession of the
oracle: but were afterwards made use of to describe any cavalcade or show.
In the time of Herodotus the word seems in some degree to have retained its
true meaning, being by him used for the oracular influence. He informs us
that Amphilutus was a diviner of Acharnan; and that he came to Pisistratus
with a commission from heaven. By this he induced that prince to prosecute
a scheme which he recommended. [788] [Greek: Entautha theiei pompei
chreomenos paristatai Peisistratoi Amphilutos.]--[Greek: Theie pompe] is a
divine revelation, or commission. Ham was the Hermes of the Egyptians, and
his oracle, as I have shewn, was styled Omphi: and when particularly spoken
of as _the_ oracle, it was expressed P'omphi, and P'ompi, the [Greek:
pompe] of the Greeks. Hence Hermes had the name of [Greek: pompaios], which
was misinterpreted the messenger, and conductor: and the Deity was in
consequence of it made the servant of the Gods, and attendant upon the
dead. But [Greek: pompaios] related properly to divine influence; and
[Greek: pompe] was an oracle. An ox, or cow, was by the Amonians esteemed
very sacred, and oracular: Cadmus was accordingly said to have been
directed [Greek: pompei boos].

[789][Greek: Entha kai ennasthe pompei boos, hen hoi Apollon]
[Greek: Opase mantosunesi proegeteiran hodoio.]

Many places were from the oracle styled P'ompean: and supposed by the
Romans to have been so named from Pompeius Magnus; but they were too
numerous, and too remote to have been denominated from him, or any other
Roman. There was indeed Pompeiae in Campania: but even that was of too high
antiquity to have received its name from Rome. We read of Pompeiae among the
Pyrenees, Pompion in Athens, Pompelon in Spain, Pompeditha in Babylonia,
Pomponiana in Gaul. There were some cities in Cilicia and Cappadocia, to
which that Roman gave the name of Pompeipolis: but upon, inquiry they will
be found to have been Zeleian cities, which were oracular: go that the
Romans only gave a turn to the name in honour of their own countryman, by
whom these cities were taken.

Besides the cities styled Pompean, there were pillars named in like manner;
which by many have been referred to the same person. But they could not
have been built by him, nor were they erected to his memory: as I think we
may learn from the