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preceded by Aurora and the ftar Venus : Phaeton 

 his Ton, being defirous of conducting thefe horles, 

 was thrown into the lea. Apollo was alib called 

 Phoebus, Titan, and Sol. He is known to 

 have had amours with Arfinoe, Corycia, Me- 

 loene, Cyrene, Mantho, Sinope, Calliope, and 

 others -, by whom he had Delphe, Naxe, Mi- 

 ktus, Arabe, Garamas, Sims, Linus, Orpheus, 

 and other children. He had peculiar honours 

 paid him in the Pythian games at Delphos, and 

 in the fecular games at Rome. 



XIX. The Mufes were the companions of 

 Apollo in his rural abode. They were likewife 

 called the learned fillers , as alfo the Camcenian, 

 Heliconian, ParnalTian, Aonian, Pierian, Pc- 

 gafian, Aganippian, Thefpian, Libethrian and 

 Caftalian fitters. They were the daughters of 

 Jupiter and Mnemofyne, and were regarded as 

 the goddeflfcs of fciences and arts in general. 

 There were nine of thefe mufes, to whom they 

 attributed, i. to Clio, hiftory, 2. to Melpo- 

 mene, tragedy, 3. to Thalia, comedy, 4. to 

 Euterpe, Mutes and other pneumatic inltruments 

 of mufic, 5. to Terpfichore, the harp and the 

 dance, 6. to Erato, the lyre and the lute, 7. to 

 Calliope, heroic verfe, 8. to Urania, adronomy, 

 and 9. to Polyhymnia, rhetoric and eloquence. 

 Graces alfo fometiims i;uitted Venus to 

 pay their court to Apollo. 



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