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prosagoreuousi, kai outo timosi; kai gar kai] [Greek: phaistos en tois Lakedaimonikois epiballon phesi,] [Greek: Zeu Libues Ammon, keratephore, kekluthi Manti.] Pindar. Pyth. ode 4. v. 28. Schol. [18] Plutarch. Isis et Osiris. vol. 2. p. 354. Zeus was certainly, as these writers say, a title given to Ham; yet it will be found originally to have belonged to his father; for titles were not uniformly appropriated. [19] Herodotus. l. 2, c. 49. Speaking afterwards of the people at Dodona, he says, [Greek: Chronou pollou diexelthontos, eputhonta ek tes Aiguptou apikomena ta ounomata ta ton theon ton allon, Dionusou de husteron polloi eputhonto.] c. 52. _It was a long time before they had names for any of the Gods; and very late before they were acquainted with Dionusus; which Deity, as well as all the others, they received from Egypt._ See also l. 2. c. 59. [20] Sanchoniathon apud Eusebium prodit AEgyptiorum [Greek: Kneph] esse Phoenicum [Greek: Agathodaimona], vel secundum Mochum, [Greek: Chousora]. See notes to Iamblichus, by Gale, p, 301. [21] Chusistan, to the east of the Tigris, was the land of Chus: it was, likewise, called Cutha, and Cissia, by different writers. A river and region, styled Cutha, mentioned by Josephus, Ant. Jud. l. 9. c. 14. n. 3. the same which by others has been called Cushan, and Chusistan. [22] The harbour at Carthage was named Cothon. Strabo. l. 17. p. 1189. Also, an island in that harbour. Diodorus Sic. l. 3. p. 168. [23] [Greek: Chouson men ouden eblapsen ho kronos. Aithiopes gar, hon erxen, eti kai nun hupo heauton te kai ton en tei Asiai panton, CHOUSAIOI kalountai.] Josephus. Ant. Jud. l. 1. c. 6. Sec. 2. [24] Euseb. Praep. Evang. l. 1. c. 10. p. 39. [25] Sanchoniathon apud eundem. Ibid. See Michaelis Geographia Hebraeor. Extera. p. 2. [26] [Greek: Ho protos oikesas tein Mestraian choran, etoi Aigupton, Mestraim, ebasileusen en autei tei Mestraiai.] Euseb. Chron. p. 17. [Greek: Mestraim] of the LXX. Josephus calls the country of Egypt Mestra. [Greek: Ten gar Aigupton Mestren, kai Mestraious tous Aiguptious hapantas, hoi tauten oikountes, kaloumen.] Ant. Jud. l. 1. c. 6. Sec. 2. [27] Apud Euseb. Praep. Evan. l. 1. c. 10. p. 36. Hierapolis of Syria, was called Magog, or rather the city of Magog. It was also called Bambyce. Coele (Syria) habet--Bambycen, quae alio nomine Hierapolis vocatur, Syris vero Magog. Plin. Hist. Nat. l.
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