■with the 

 "Hawk's 

 ■ Head. 



Objervat'ions in Egypt. 599 



being ufually feen in a fitting inclined Pofture, as if cut iliort by r** Egyptian 

 the Legs, and was called Momfhia, the fame with Emeph oj•^'""'^''''• 

 Hemphta, as Kircker conjeolures. The Κεχο^τρόσβ-ττον ' \ or Human "^"^ ^'""'"' 



■'■ . ρ gure with 



Figure With a Goat's Head, exprelTed, among other things, the'' ^°'^^'^ 

 Conjundion of the Sun and Moon in the Sign ^ries. But when ^og^uead. 

 the Head of the Dog was affixed, then it was the ^nuh'is or 

 Hermes' \ reprefenting the Horizon' and guarding the two 

 Hemifpheres. 



The Head of a Woman, joyned to the Body of a Lyon, wasr^i^^sphinx. 

 called the *S^/j/;/A^, being, in general, an Emblem of Strength', 

 united to Prudence. When fuch Figures were placed near the 

 Nile, they denoted the Inundation to fall out, when the Sun 

 paired through the Signs of Le-o ' ' and l^irgo-^ but when they 

 adorned the Portico's = ' and Gates of their Temples, then they 

 fignified, that the Theology taught and reprefented within, 

 was cloathed in Types and Myfteries. The {^/pls Ι^ζ^κίμο^φί^) κν serpent 

 Serpent with the Head of a Hawk*, was the Agathodamon of"^ ''" 

 the Thoenicians, and the Cnepjj, {Kircher likewife calls it the' 

 Thermutis of the Egyptians,) being fuppofed to carry along with 

 it greater Marks of Divinity ' than any other fymbolical Figure 

 whatfoever. We fometimes fee an Egg, the Symbol of the 

 World', iiTuing out of it's Mouth', which the Egyptians main- 

 tain to be produftive of the Deity Ttha, but the Greeks, of 

 Vulcan ; who were both the fame according to Suidas. In 



1 * Δ«λο/ i im μ» •Λ ψΖ mt9<n>Tmr ίχ^ nai aiyh id^ata, 7>iv h ψΖ nVoSOr Ηλι» καΐ <ηκίινΜ. Eufeb 

 Ρπτρ. Evang. I. ^. p. 70. ^ \' Ηκ Λ' tV rm Aiyu^ovth^^i jin Λ τότϊ ϊ•|« * 'y/oare^Va.OT^ ^if ilvi.ict'y 

 Mvo-wc^aaynv 5 τον βίκτίΐνν EpjU^f,^ Λβΐ τοί' Πλ.« ολ,ον 'TfJ.yov &c. Luc'iati. de Sacrif! 2 Vid. Not. I 

 ρ 39 j.^ T01 ^ύν rlv τλΙ ί^τοΓί ^λ^ψί,ον AvouQiy TMfH-riyovai KWf Ίχονη κίφικγιν, ψράινοι,ντα %τ, n,'ua'. 

 7»Μ«ξ h 75. «fe: τον θΛ£/ν Koi TW I^^. Diod. Sic. ].I. p.jj. E/ai -/ oZy i, μΐ, «;,ί^, ^'^,^ολ* rm hoTr 

 ψισΐ,Λΐίΐωγ, ohv^'ik^TnhiiyTay Άίΰφνλακ^νην. C/iWi. Strom. 1. j. p. 41 3. 3 Αλωί" τϊ «i, _«« τα' «/'!■?««(■ 

 muCohov άυτο1< « Xtiyξ■ το μϊν σΖμα mv λέοΓτβτ, το «ny'^Tmi' ο αν^φω-^τ)! ίχασα. Idem. ibid. ' 3 ' Ν»<λ» β 

 ίνά,ζα,,ιν <η,μα}νο7-η< ■" ύοντα ^άφ^^ι * IthJ^ h ϊλ,@. «V Kiotm γίΐίμί^Οτ. -^t'^ovuih hiCamv τ^ Νίΐλ. το,^τβ» 

 Horap. Hieiog. 1. 1. cap. 21. Inundationtm Nili * adumbrabant, vd per Leonem incum- 

 bentem, vcl per eundem humana leu Virginis facie confpicuum, co quod hxc inundatio 

 contingeret , Sole^& Leone in Ifidls five Virginis fignum intrantc. Ifimh. Obel. Pamph 



p. 28(S. 3* Πβ! των h^av τηί <rp'iyU ίτηακΖί /ϊάντΐ?, ωί ω)'/>^7ΐ^Λ ^0?/«* T«f θίολο>;« a/jT^v iyoLf. 

 PI. de /fid. & Ofirid. p. 3 5• 4. Aiji-jrlm «fj τωγ hfv τλγ (rplyyaa \SfiovTvi, a: o^viyy^-rr^.^i η <d^ S^Z 

 dye, .9 <t^?«^ ovT®'. C/iW. Strom. 1. J7. p. 66^. 4 Φο/.,κκ j Ϊ?,/ A;«.5i. Δ«.>ο.« .<.λ;^„• iu,i^ ^ 

 Αιγ^-πνο, ίίν>,:?ηηϊομάζουσι• <Βζ}σ•η^ασι Λ' L•τω iifanoi• ««{«λλΐ', ;^ λ/# π' -afa^nh τ2 /ipaxof. £a/f^ Ρρχρ 

 Evang.j.i. ρ.2<ί. j Ti^5w o/5ho7«w. Id. ibid. p.27. 6 Οθίί- «x&i ^o^« τοκ efe^ τί/Δ,έ /Joy 

 ορ>/ίί.7//ο«•, «f μ^μΜμΛΤΑ-τ^τΛν-η y^mms 19 iftJfXoi'Ter EK eai/T?, ττ) aof <r.o"<«3a7;'a7ai p/„f Symp i 2 

 Ρ <i3<S. Ep^«xc^;«« J^ τί <«iy TO. w^ui.. ?οτρ\ψ. Calum eft teita ; item Vitellum terra -inter 

 lUa duo humor, quafi ilicinus (1. in limum, f. in finum) clufus aeri, in quo calor ' V^^rro 

 apud Probum in Eclog. 6. Scol. Idol. 1. i. cap. y. 7 To, 5 5.0, roir... Ani) U -ri ^μα- 

 w Ciny-f^fawi- «ox, f^ έ >SKK*<3«. S,i,, ϊ,β^τί; ^cray,foiov7t Φθα" ο? Λ Ε?λ«νίί H?a,W• ti.i^«..M;«y 3 τί»οχ. 

 τον κο^ον. />,,/>&;,. apud £«/;'i. Prsp. Evang. J. 3. p. ip. φ^ά, a h?<«V@- ^ M./.p.'7«.r. x> 

 ^*po,^,« *^ct. σο/ Λ5λ^Λ.κ.κ. 5«/ίί. Sufpicor vocem Κ.ί? efTe μ^τ^ ,ν,,χο^. a η:3 c^naph veJ f.^i-!.* 

 qu3e notat alam, fubindc etiam τι ^^τί. alatum. Sic vocitarunt hoc numen a Svmbolo' 

 quod ex Serpente & volucre componeretur. G. J. Vojf. de Idol. " ' 



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