Iamblichus on the Mysteries of the Egyptians, Chaldeans, and Assyrians / translated from the Greek by Thomas Taylor.

  • Iamblichus
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1895
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    the Barbarian says, the inhabitant of the continent, and he who dwells near the sea, the wise and the unwise. And if you pro- . ceed as far as to the utmost shores of the ocean, there also there are Gods, rising very near to some, and setting very near to others.” * The deification, however, of dead men, and the worshiping men as Gods, formed no part of this theology, when it is con- sidered according to its genuine purity. Numerous instances of the truth of this might be adduced, but I shall mention for this purpose, as unexceptionable witnesses, the writings of Plato, the Golden Pytha- goric Verses,t and the Treatise of Plutarch * Ei^a cSots av ev Tracra yy ofiocfioyvov vojxov Kai Xoyov, on 6eos €ts TravTtov ]3aa-iXevs Kai irarrip, Kai deoL ttoXXoi, Oeov TratSes, <Tvvap')(Ovns Oe(p. ravra Kai o eXXyv Aeyet, Kai o ^ap- fSapos Xeyei, Kai o yTreipuiTy^ Kai o 6aXaTTio<s, Kai o cro<f)0^ Kai o aa’0(f>os. K(^v eiri rov WKcavov eXdys ras rji'ovas, k(^K€i Oeoi, tois /jtev avtcr^ovTes ay^ov p.aXa, tois 8e KaTa8vop.evoi, Dissert, i. . Edit. Princ. t “ Diogenes Laertius says of Pythagoras, that he charged his disciples not to give equal degrees of honour to the Gods and heroes. Herodotus (in Eutei'pe) says of the Greeks, That they worshiped Hercules two rVays, one as an immoHal deity, and so they sacrificed to him; and another as a Hero, and so they celebrated his memory. Isocrates (Encom. He-