^po ΨΒ)β€αΙ and MifceUaneous 



in firft introducing themfelves \ they complyed fo readily with 

 the Cuftoms of the Country % and were fo happy in addreifing 

 themfelves to the Perfons' who were to inftruol them, that, not- 

 withftanding the Jealoufy and Refervednefs*, which the 

 Egyptians may be fuppofed to have entertained towards Stran- 

 gers, they generally returned Home with Succefs, bringing 

 along with them either fome new religious Rites or ufeful 

 Difcoveries. 

 Greece re- Thus Herodotus' acquaittts us, that the Greeks borrowed all 

 \t^ie^Z the Names of their Gods from Egypt \ and T>todorm\ that 

 i/Z&l! they not only derived from thence their Theology, but their 

 Arts and Sciences like wife. For, among other Inftances, he 

 tells us, that the Ceremonies of Bacchis and Ceres, who were 

 the fame with Ofiris and Ifis, had been introduced very early 

 among them by Orphem : that, from the fame Source, Tytha- 

 goroo, received the Dootrine of the Tranfmigration of Souls ; 

 Eudoxus, no lefs than Thales -, Mathematicks ; and Dadahis 

 Architecture, Sculpture and other ingenious Arts. According to 

 the fame Author *, Greece was further obliged to Egypt, not 

 only for Phyfick and Medicines % but for a great many Laws, 

 Maxims, and ConftitutionsofPolity, which had been introduced 

 among them by Tlato, Solon, and Lyciirgus. Even their more ab- 

 ftraded Learning, fuch as related to the EiTence of the Deity, 

 to the Power and Combination of Numbers, to their monas "* 

 and ΤΡΙΑΣ, with other Difquilltions of the like Nature, feem 



I It might be for this Reafon that ?Uto &c. took upon him the Charafler of an Oyl- 

 Merchant ; Oyl being always a welcome Commodity to Eg^ft. ο <Γ' i/ Σόλω/ * α^μπη vUs ωψ 



\τι isfls Ιμνψαγ- Μίτοι (pnah tvioi, 'ττοΧυΐίψπί 'ίν,κα, μί^^οι j^ (fSjictS) « χξκμΛΎΐίμΖ itKtu&ajL tl^ ^ohma. 

 Plut. Solon, p. 79. Edit. Ptir. Keu&ahw 'j feuiv Ιμ-ττοξία. ^^ftieiB^iUj )^ l-j'TriXfa.Txv jh μΛ%ματικον• x^ 

 Πλάτβΐ'α τίί ΑτοΛμίίίί ifoJitov, IhtuM nns ϊν AiyCrrT/o J)i%3iv ymSseu. Ibid. 2 Clemens yilexandrintts 

 acquaints us, thai Pythagoras was circumcifcd in Order to be admitted into^ their yfi/;fiii 

 nu^ayotiiti tUs fiiyi/vr'tav <7ifopnais σνμβ'ιβκιικίναυ 'iifineu• Λ' v( )y ιτψαίμίνηι, iva Λ!^ us τα afjr» r^TiK^ay, 

 f Μν;-ικ»χ -ml htywjjia-/ kui^-u φικοηνιαν CI. Str. Ed. Pott. I.I. P}S4- } Isof^Tc" Ji nj^ayi^a; μϊν 

 Σω^χιιΛτ? AiyuvTlO) ίξ^'ν^αφνη» ^ueSnToCireu- ΠλΛτων J^ Σίχ»»?»/) τω Ηλ/ιτολίτ»• Eu/i>|@' Λ' ο Κΐ'ίίί^, KovxpS't 

 τ« )ύ, rtJl? Aiyj'TrTui). CI. Alex. Strom. 1. 1. p.3^6. 4 Atyu-jlioi « τοκ ί-τ/7«χϊ<« τ* rra^a. irpiair ά«1ιθί/)ο 

 μχις'ψα, κΛ' μ^ν diSMKois Tin των θίω/ (ίΑην Ι^ν^ίξαν, α>Κ ΐ μίίοΐί >t το/ί- μ.%η.>.<ην Ιτη βΛβίλ^Λ» '^toitfou, i^ 

 Τ iifiw 7o7f xfi^eim Mat ΑοιυματΛτοΐ{ ίτη τί i ifopf j^ τϋί 7nijif'<tt(, 19 τ» yit/m. Clem. Alexand. Strom. 

 1. C. p. 670. Ti'fUtt 5 rii -^-n m.1 A/ji/crlisiv μα^μν\α τα hgfyK.-py^ i(g.hi^a. τβ h ηΐ: ί/ύτοκ a τ»7( 

 τκχκΛ, ά^λΛ Ιν τοΓί- ί^κρίτοκ ■m.^a^iHiifiu. jfufi. Mart. Quaeft-aj. ad Orthod. j "Zxitoy 3 i^ τή»!* 

 ■m' ίνίμάίΛ r awK, ΐξ Α<><ίττιι ά^χ^βα. Herod. Eut. 5• Jo. 6 Diodor. S'utd. Bibl. 1. 1 ?. 96. 

 7 Qihm mtfo. Ti Ai'ivmiav γίομίΐζϋψ μα^όντα pun. Diogen. LAert. \. I. in Vita Thai. Θβλ»? 

 ■^, ΦβΓνις «κ η )ti'@«, i^ τοκ Kfiu-w\'wv <οί>φταΐ( mt/S^Kixiyiu ^fnV. Qem. Alexand. Strom. J. I. 

 p. 221. 8 Diod. Sic. Bibl. ut iupra. 



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 A<>uT77it. &c. //om.^Odyfl. Δ. 1. 227. 



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