An analysis of the Egyptian mythology: to which is subjoined, a critical examination of the remains of Egyptian chronology / [J.C. Prichard].
- James Cowles Prichard
- Date:
- 1819
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: An analysis of the Egyptian mythology: to which is subjoined, a critical examination of the remains of Egyptian chronology / [J.C. Prichard]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Jupiter is the foundation of the earth and the starry heaven: Jupiter is the root of the ocean; he is the sun and the moon; He is one power^ one daemon, the great ruler of all. He is one mighty body, in which fire, water, earth, ether, night and day revolve: all these are contained within the great body of Jupiter. Would you view his head and ' majestic face? Behold the radiant heaven: his golden ringlets are diffused on every side, shining with resplendent stars.’’ Similar ideas are contained in the following’ lines, preserved by Proclus, in his Commentary upon the Timaeus.^ TOVUSKOL (TVU T(p TTaVTl Alog TTcCklV SUTOg STOp^Or] aiSspog supsirig, tJS oupavov ay'Kahv TTOVToo S’ arpuyerou, yalrig S’ spixohsog 6upr], wKsa^Jog Ts [xsyag, xa) veiaroL raprapa yalrig xoLi TTompto/, xou TTouTog aTTsipiTog, aXKoi re Traura, rravreg S’ aflavaroi (Maxapeg Qeo), rJSs Beaiuai, oVcrot S’ eriv yeyawrcc, xai lirrepou oTTTTor IpisXXsv lyyevero' Zr}uog S’ svi yarrspi ruppa Trscpixei. The splendid lights of that etherial vault. The empyrean and the nether sky. The barren sea, and wide-spread continents Supporting stately realms, the ocean vast. The depths of Tartarus, and boundless lakes; The mighty rivers; all that earth contains. With all the immortal host, the goddesses And gods, and all that was or e’er shall be— All these have grown and are contained within The all-teeming womb of universal Jove.” * Procl. in Timeeum, 2, p. i>5, 34. Gesner’s Orphica, p. S65.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29350074_0064.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
