| John Richardson - 1778 - 514 pàgines
...(ZIA«F)I) the moon. All things being in this fituation, Belus came and cut the woman afunder : and out of one half of her he formed the earth, and of the other half, the heavens ; and at the fame time deftroyed the animals in the abyfs. All this, Berofus faid, was an allegorical defcription... | |
| Jacob Bryant - 1807 - 494 pàgines
...(S^nm) the moon. All things " being in this situation, Belus came, and cut the " woman asunder : and out of one half of her he " formed the earth, and of the...heavens ; and at the same time destroyed the " animals in the abyss. All this, Berosus said, " was an allegorical description of nature. For " the whole universe... | |
| Jacob Bryant - 1807 - 524 pàgines
...(SiAum) the moon. All things " being in this situation, Belus came, and cut the " woman asunder : and out of one half of her he " formed the earth, and of the...heavens ; and at the same time destroyed the " animals in the abyss. All this, Berosus said, " was an allegorical description of nature. 7qr " the whole uuiver.se... | |
| 1834 - 438 pàgines
...laiiRuage U Thalatth. in Greek Thalassa, the eea, but which ini^h, эв equally be interpreted the moou. All things being in this situation, Belus came, and...same time destroyed the animals within her. All this (lie says) was an allegorical description of nature. For, the whole universe consisting of moisture,... | |
| George Smith - 1847 - 646 pàgines
...person who presided over them was a woman named Omoroca ; which in the Chaldean language is Thalatth, in Greek Thalassa, ' the Sea ; ' but which might equally...at the same time destroyed the animals within her, or, in the abyss. All this," he says, " was an allegorical description of nature. For the whole universe,... | |
| George Smith - 1853 - 464 pàgines
...people as a woman, presiding over the embryo elements of nature, — then "Belus came, and cut her asunder : and of one half of her he formed the earth, and of the other half the heavens." Afterwards this deity is described as taking off his head ; " upon which the other gods mixed the blood,... | |
| George Smith - 1854 - 696 pàgines
...people as a woman, presiding over the embryo elements of nature, — then " Belus came, and cut her asunder : and of one half of her he formed the earth, and of the other half the heavens." Afterward this deity is described as taking off his head ; " upon which the other gods mixed the blood,... | |
| George Smith - 1855 - 676 pàgines
...people as a woman, presiding oveV the embryo elements of nature, — then " Belus came, and cut her asunder : and of one half of her he formed the earth, and of the other half the heavens." Afterward this deity is described aa taking off his head ; " upon which the other gods mixed the blood;... | |
| George Smith - 1856 - 546 pàgines
...person who presided over them was a woman, named Omoroca; which, in the Chaldean language, is Thalatth, in Greek, Thalassa, ' the Sea;' but which might equally...at the same time destroyed the animals within her, or, in the abyss. All this," he says, " was an allegorical description of nature. For the whole universe,... | |
| 1868 - 986 pàgines
...woman named Omoroca. Things being in this situation, Belus came, and cut the woman asunder, and out of one half of her he formed the earth, and of the other half the heavens, and he destroyed all the animals in the abyss. This Belus divided the darkness, and separated the heavens... | |
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