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loros], Alorus, the first king who reigned. Syncellus. p. 18. [Greek: Halia], Halia, was a festival at Rhodes in honour of the Sun, to whom that Island was sacred. [Greek: Rhodioi ta Halia timosin.] Athenaeus. l. 13. p. 561. The first inhabitants were styled Heliadae. Diodorus Sic. l. 5. p. 327. And they called the chief temple of the Deity [Greek: Halion], Halion. Eustath. ad Hom. Odyss. [Zeta]. They came after a deluge, led by Ochimus, Macar, and others. [52] Gruter. Inscript. xl. 9. and lvi. 11. [53] Macrobii Saturn. l. 3. c. 8. [54] Pomponius Laetus. Camilla was in like manner attendant on the Gods. Caelitum Camilla expectata advenis. Ennius in Medo, ex Varrone de Ling. Lat. p. 71. Edit. Dordrechti. 1619. [55] Juba apud Plutarchum in Numa. vol. 1. p. 64. [56] Scholia in Apollon. Rhodium. l. 1. v. 917. So Camoena was rendered Casmoena. [57] De Amore Fraterno. p. 483. [58] Isaiah. c. 14. v. 12. [59] Genesis. c. 41. v. 45. and Exodus. c. 1. v. 11. [60] Theophilus ad Autolycum. l. 3. p. 392. Iablonsky. l. 2. c. 1. p. 138. [61] Canticles. c. 8. v. 11. Mention is made of Amon, Jeremiah. c. 46. v. 25. Nahum. c. 3. v. 8. It was sometimes compounded; and the Deity worshipped under the titles of Or-On: and there were temples of this denomination in Canaan. Solomon fortified Beth-Oron the upper, and Beth-Oron the nether. 2 Chron. c. 8. v. 5. As Ham was styled Hamon, so was his son Chus, or Cuth, named Cuthon and Cothon; as we may judge from places, which, were denominated, undoubtedly, from him. At Adrumetum was an island at the entrance of the harbour so called: Hirtius. Afric. p. 798. Another at Carthage, probably so named from a tower or temple. [Greek: Hupokeintai de tei akropolei hoi te limenes, kai ho KOTHON.]--Strabo. l. 17. p. 1189. [62] Voss. de Idol. vol. 1. l. 2. c. 17. p. 391. [63] Apocalyps. c. 9. v. 11. [64] The Sun's disk, styled [Greek: Aithops]: [Greek: Hippeuon helikedon holon polon AITHOPI DISKOI.] Nonnus. l. 40. v. 371. [Greek: Aithiopaida Dionuson. Anakreon. alloi ton oinon. alloi ten Artemin.] Hesychius. Altered to [Greek: Aithopa paida] by Albertus. [65] The Egyptian Theology abounded with personages formed from these emanations, who, according to Psellus, were called Eons, [Greek: Zones], [Greek: Azones]. See Iamblichus, and Psellus, and Damascius. [66] Stephanus Byzant. [67] Scholia on Dionysius. v. 239. What it alluded to may be seen from other
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