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Sanconiathon. The Phenician historian born at Berytus. san, holy ; con, under- 
standing, sense, or wise man ; yor, real; cayn, Of the country. The sacred writer, 
or wise recorder of the events of his country. 
Sesostris. The great king of Egypt, and conqueror of Asia, &c. His father 
ordered all the male children born on the same day with him, to be educated at the 
public expense. Sey, pleasure, delight, happiness, fortune, success ; yor, knowledge, 
science, learning ; sperres force, strength, power. His Egyptian name was Ramesis 
the Great. 
Tages. A son of Genius, who taught the Etrurians augury and divination. He 
is said to have been found under a clod by a Tuscan ploughman, and assumed a 
human shape to instruct this nation, so celebrated for their knowledge of incantations. 
Tazbayy, chance, fortune, hope ; pronounced Tages. 
Talus. The inventor of the saw, compasses, and other instruments. Taylm, 27- 
struments, or tools ; cal, an adze. 
Tantalus. King of Lydia, son of Jupiter or Pluto. Represented as punished 
in hell with insatiable thirst, in the midst of a pool of water which recedes as he 
brings his mouth to it; a bough hangs over his head, loaded with delicious fruit, 
which, as he attempts to take it, is removed from his grasp by a gust of wind, Others 
say, alarge rock or stone was suspended over his head, ready to crush him to pieces ; 
all the same idea of a state if constant excitement, fear, and trembling disappoint- 
ment. Tajn, water, dropping, or falling ; cal, receding ; ayy, back, water receding 
backwards. 
Tlepolemus. Son of Hercules. Tlaz, soft; peollayo, a skin without hair ; may; 
comely. The handsome man with a fine soft skin, without hair on it. The union of 
the 77, a peculiarity of the Irish language is singularly exhibited in this word. 
Triptolemus. Son of Oceanus and Terra. Gpeat, tilling, ploughing ; calam, 
the ground ; aor, fo a people, or community. Ceres gave him her chariot, and he 
travelled in it over the world, distributing corn, and teaching people agriculture. 
This name is a very singular confirmation of the identity of the Phenician and Celtic 
tongues. The three words express the correct idea, and is pronounced exactly like 
the Greek name. 
Haruspex. A soothsayer who drew omens from the resistance, throes, pangs 
in dying, and the inspection of the entrails of beasts sacrificed, The usual derivation 
of this word is ab aris inspiciendis, which is but a guess, although not so improbable 
as most of the classical derivations. The true derivation is, an, yudging, conducting, 
deciding, guiding ; uypoy3, from a throe, pang, gasp, heave, agony. This superstition 
had its origin with the Chaldeans, and their Phenician descendants communicated it to 
the Greeks and the Romans. 
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