iS UNIVERSAL ERUDITION. 



Domiduca, Domitius, Hymenreus or Hymen, 

 Jugatinus, Jupiter perfeftus, Juno perfedta, Juno 

 cmxia, Junaunxia, Lucina, Manturn-, Mutinus, 

 Dea Mater prema, Suada, Thalaffius, Venus, &c. 

 The moral gods were called Virtus, Honor, 

 Fides, Spes, Juftitia, Pietas, Mifericordia, 

 dementia, Fudicitia, Veritas, Mens, Con- 

 cordia, Pax, Salus, Felicitas, Libertas, Pe- 

 cunia, Rifus, Invidia, Contumelia, Impuden- 

 tia, Calumnia, Fraus, Difcordia, Furor, Fama, 

 Fortuna, with all their epithets good or bad, 

 Febris, Pavor and Pallor, Paupertas, Necef- 

 fitas, Tempeilas, Silentium, &c. The fune- 

 ral gods were Pluto, Libitina, Nasnia, Death, 

 the Fates, &c. 



XV. Hefiod indeed pretends that all thefe 

 gods derived their origin from chaos, but we 

 have already pointed out more juft fources. It 

 is almoft incredible to what a prodigious number 

 the fuperftition and wcaknefs of the Greeks and 

 Romans multiplied thefe divinities ; there have 

 been thirty thoufand of them enumerated. It 

 will not be expe&cd that we fhould here at- 

 tempt to defcribe them, nor will it be remark- 

 able if we have forgot to mention even fome of 

 the firft rank. Although vail as this company 

 of gods is, mythology does not omit to trace 

 the hiftery of the greateft part of them, as it is 

 taught by paganifm -, and they who are defirous 

 of particular information in thefe matters may 

 confult with advantage, the theogony of Hefiod, 



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