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from the froth or foam of the fea, and may pofllbly have 

 been tranflatcd from an Egyptian word of the fame fenfe and 

 etymology. That the Greeks were accuflomed to fubftitute 

 tranflations for Egyptian names we know to a certainty. Thus 

 Chemmis or Chemmo *, which meant the city of Pan, was by 

 them named Panopolis, and ON, the city of the fun, was tranf- 

 latcd 



Beauteous and revered 



Went forth the dame divine. Around, the grafs 



Beneath her foft feet fprang. Her, Aphrodite, 



A Goddefs Foam-begot, and Cytharea 



With garlands crown'd, both men and gods have named. 



For that from foam her nourilhment (he drew, • 



And that Cythera firft of lands received her ; I 



And Cyprogene, as born within the bounds, 



Of billowy Cyprus, and Philomeda, 



Partial to that from whence (he claims her birth. 



New-born (he feelcs the aflembly of the Gods, 



Ulher'd by Love, while fair Dellre attends ; 



Ev'n from the (irft this honour (he polTefs'd, 



With men and Gods immortal doom'd to rule 



O'er virgin converfe, fmiles and wanton wiles. 



Dulcet delight, friendlhip, and blandiihment ! 



;t. yi.lo m\vx\U1u in Kt-xfo. mu(t mean, " becaufe (he was born in the Cyprian Sea," and I 

 have therefore tranflated, wiMn tie hounds of Ullotvy Cyprus. We hive already been informed 

 that the Goddefs was born at fea, and may therefore conclude that (he firft arofe fome where 

 near the coaft of Cyprus, from whence the winds drove her to Cvthera, where (he firft landed. 

 The appellations of Venus recorded in thefe lines may all of them have been Eiru.u^.a.. 



Lib. i. page 21. 



For ON, Heliopol.s, vide Theophil. ad Autol. iii. Vide alfo Cellarii Geog. Tom. 11. 

 Africa antiqua. page 35 — 6. 



OM is a myftical word in the Sanfcrit or facred Indian language. Vide Afiatic Re- 

 searches, page 242— Sir William Jones'3 DiiTertation on the Gods of Greece, Italy snd India. 



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