Amphiolus-son of Neoptolemus, the reputed son of Achilles-who, we are told, took possession of the kingdom of Mysia. We find no kings of that country mentioned till many ages later, when the Attalic family reigned at Pergamus. I will here observe, that what is related of the Phrygians and the Mysians cannot be deemed as an authentic history; still, much being entitled to credit, we are not justified in treating as altogether fabulous the accounts handed down to us of these nations by ancient writers. The more we investigate the traditions of the ancients, the more convinced we become, that what at first may appear incredible, has nevertheless often some foundation in truth. We have seen that deciphered inscriptions on the Egyptian monuments have enabled us to carry back the history of the Egyptians to a period when, according to the notions which prevailed among Christian writers with few exceptions, anterior to the memorable discoveries of M. Champollion, mankind did not exist, or was but in its infancy. The discoveries which have within a few years been made by M. Botta and Mr. Layard, of the entombed ruins of ancient Nineveh, while proving the civilization of the Assyrians, will probably offer ample evidence of the high antiquity of that nation, and confirm and enlarge the information which Ctesias has given of its ancient kings.† But as soon as the high antiquity of the Assyrian kingdoms shall have been established beyond a doubt, then I think that there will be few who will deny that there have existed states in Asia Minor from a much more remote time than what has hitherto been generally admitted, and who will consequently concede that there is probably much truth in those ancient traditions which we have been so much inclined to consider as mere fables. Modern investigations having the tendency to dissipate the darkness which has prevented us from penetrating into the recesses of antiquity will * English Universal History, vol. ii. It is very probable that much historical information is contained in the long inscriptions which are to be seen on the Assyrian monuments which Mr. Layard has brought to light, as there can now be scarcely any doubt that the Assyrians had the same custom as the Egyptians of embodying their historical records in the inscriptions that accompany every siege or battle-piece. These records, as far as they are discovered, have now been copied with the utmost care. But it must be observed that they are in a character, if known at all, as yet imperfectly known; still a hope is held out, that it will soon be deciphered by the information which Mr. Layard has given us, that this cuneiform, arrow-headed or wedgeshaped writing is very simple. But the deciphering will not satisfy our curiosity, for the language too must be discovered and interpreted. That this, however, will be done, I do not doubt, particularly as there is every probability that it is but a dialect of that great language which prevailed between the Halys and the Euphrates, and with many dialects of which we are fully acquainted. Our hopes of soon seeing the Assyrian cuneiform deciphered are greatly increased by the success which Major Rawlinson has met with in his attempt at deciphering the Persian cuneiform. be the means, I trust, of confirming the opinion that there existed a civilized people in Western Asia even before the time of Ninus. Thus, perhaps, by degrees, history will enable us to trace man's first steps towards civilization, and ascertain the manner in which his physical and moral qualities have been developed. This would be the more interesting, as we know "that, in the beginning, when God created the heaven and the earth, when the earth was without form and void, and darkness was on the face of the deep, and the spirit of God moved on the face of the waters,' the naked rock alone rose from the abyss; that after a chaotic night of countless ages, a new period of creation began,* which kindled vegetable life, first in the lowest link of the chain, the humble moss rising in its gradual development to the nobler plants, with the lofty, ever-verdant, palm at their head; that after new successive revolutions, organic life began in its lowest link, the zoophyte, and gradually rose to the crustacea, the amphibia, and the fish; that after renewed convulsions, which raised the bed of the ocean above the clouds and cast down mountains into the abysses of the sea, those monsters of the primeval world arose, which have most happily disappeared, but whose fossil remains furnish undeniable proofs of their existence; that at a subsequent stage these were replaced by creatures of a higher kind, the mammalia; and that finally, in the last of these periods of creation, the noblest work on earth of the Creator, MAN, appeared and rejoiced at the paradise that presented itself to his enchanted eye."t Thus science is made to supply the want of history; and thus both contribute to enlarge man's views, and to inspire him with the highest admiration and love of that Incomprehensible Being who made him the lord of the earth. "In the figurative language of the Holy Scriptures, a day of creation." + The Theogony of the Hindoos, bv Count M. Bjarnstjerna, Swedish Ambassador at the Court of St. James. INDEX TO VOLUME II. Aaron, (made high priest), 207, 209 Aaron, 304 Aaron's sons, 209 Abba, (an outer dress of the Arabs), 217 Abiathar, (the son of Abimelech, the high Abimelech, (the son of Gideon), 338-340 Abijah, (king of Judah,) 492, 494 Abishai defeats the Edomites, 401 Abraham. 14-21 Abraham visits Egypt, 23-25 Abraham's victory over the Assyrians, 28 Absalom, avenging Tamar, flees to Talmai, 408 Absalom's sepulchre in the valley of Jehosha- Abydos, (a city of Phrygia), 545 Adagys, (a Phrygian deity), 539 Adonijah's attempt to mount the throne, 427, Adonibezek, (king of Bezek), 325 Agamemnon, 561 Ahab (king of Israel), 472 Ahab warring with Benhadad, 476 Alexander's transit of the Pamphylian Sea, 166 Amaziah, (king of Judah), 504 Amnon violates his sister Tamar, 407 Amram, (the father of Moses), 126 Anaximenes (the wit of) 570 Angels declared to have etherial bodies, (by Angels declared to be immaterial beings (by Asia Proper, 529 Asia, (daughter of Oceanus and Thetis, 529 Attis (betrothal with Midas' daughter), 536 Baasha, king of Israel, 469 Bacchus worshipped by the Phrygians, 539 Batia, or Asia, or Arisba, daughter of Teucer Bathsheba debauched by David, 403 Bezaleel (the builder of the Tabernacle), 19 Brazen laver, (the) 235 Breastplate of the Hebrew high priest, 219 Calchas, 563 |Doeg, (the Edomite who killed Abimelech Drawers of Linen used by the Hebrew Priests, Ebenezer, ("the Help-Stone), 350 Chæremon's opinion of Moses and the Israel Eelauts of Persia, (the) 120 ites, 157 Chedorlaomer, 27 Eglon, (King of the Moabites), 329 Cherim, or the vow of "the accursed thing," Ehud assassinates Eglon, 329 258,259 Cherubims, (the) 229 Civil and Criminal Laws of Moses, (the), 274 Cushan-rishthaim, (a king of Mesopotamia), Cybele, (the Phrygian goddess), 535, 536 Cyzicus or Cyzicum, 568 Dardanus, (King of Troas), 552, 554 El Araba, (Valley of), 302 El-elohe Israel, (the mighty God of Israel, 77 Eli, (the first High-Priest of Ithamar's de- Elijah, (the Prophet) 473, 478 Elim, (probably the present Wady Gharon Elisha, (the Prophet) 374, 482 Daughters of Hebrew Priests punished with Ephraim, (Joseph's Son), 117 Death for Unchastity, 210 David anointed King, 363 David plays on the Harp before Saul, 365 David marries Michal, Saul's Daughter, 368 David spares the Life of Saul in a Cave, 376 David's wives, 389 Ephraimites, (the) Revolt against Jephthah, 343 Ephod, (the) 217 Epictetus, (a part of Phrygia Minor), 545 Esarhaddon sending colonies into Samaria, Esarhaddon invades Judah and makes Mauas- Etham, (the city of) 146 Exodus probably under the Reign of Ameno- Feast of the Tabernacle, (the) 251, 252 David punishes with Death the Assassins of Feiran, or Faran, (Valley of) 181 Ishbosheth, 394 David King of United Israel, 395 Firdousi, (a Persian Poet), 79 First-born Children presented to Jehovah, 243 David reduces the fortress of Jebus on Mount First Fruits, 244 Fundamental Law of the Hebrews, (the) 265 David removes the ark from Kirjath-Jearim to Gaal, (a Chieftain), 339, 340 David's Design to build a Temple, 400 400 David rebuked by Nathan, 400, 404 David returns to Jerusalem on Absalom's David conquers the Philistines in several bat- David takes the Census of the People, 425, 427 David addresses the People before his Death, 430 David's Death, 431 Day of Atonement, (the) 252, 253 Deborah, 334, 336 Decalogue, (enactment of the) 186 Departure of the Israelites from Egypt, 144 Diodorus Siculus, in regard to the Exodus of Galen, (a celebrated Physician), 570 Girdle, (as used by the Hebrew Priests), 213 Golden Candlesticks, (the) of the Tabernacle, 232 Gordius, (I. and II.), 541, 543 Granicus, (the) 576 Hadad attempts to recover the throne of Edom, Hagar, (the concubine of Abraham), 43 Harmoniah, (daughter of Dardanus and wife Hebrew writings, (the) 6, 17 Hebrew notation, 144 Hebrews (the) under the sway of the Pha- Hebrew religion, 196 Hezekiah receives letters from Merodach Be- Jerusalem destroyed by the Assyaians, 523– 184 525 Jezebel (Ahab's queen), 472 Jezebel killed by the command of Jehu, 483 Joab made chief of the armies of United Joab killed by the command of Solomon, 437 Joash's Death, 477 Joash, (King of Judah), 503, 504 Jonathan conquers the Garrison of Gibeah, 360 Joseph, 79 Joseph's Dreams, 80 Joseph sold by his Brethren, 80 Joseph and Potiphar's wife, 88, 89 Joseph's Brethren arrive in Egypt, 100 Joseph's Descendants, 116, 117 Josephus in regard to the Exodus, 160, 167 Joshua sends spies into Jericho, 312 Josiah, (King of Judah), 515 Josiah defeated by Pharaoh-Necho, 517 Judah and Tamar, 84 Kadesh Barnea, (encampment at) 203 Keturah, 53 Korah, (the Conspiracy of) 295, 300 Lampsacus, (a City of Mysia), 569 Jehovah Nissi, ("Jehovah is my banner"), Laomedon, (King of Troy), 558 Law of Retaliation, (the) 279, 280 Legislative Assemblies of the Hebrews, 271 Leprosy of Clothes, 256 Leprosy of Houses, 257 Levites, (the) 195, 207, 208, 268, 270 alliance with Levi's Sons, 208, 209 Jehoram defeats the king of Edom, 500 Jehoahaz or Shallum, (king of Judah), 519 Jehoahaz, (king of Israel), 486 Jehoiakim, 519, 521 Jehoiachin, or Jeconiah, 521 Jehoiada, the high priest, 502 |