thence Her 



Theology , 

 Arts &C. 



5po ^hyfical and MifceUaneous 



in firft introducing themfelves \ they complyed fo readily with 

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

 themfelves to the Perfons ' who were to inftru6l 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 r^- Thus HcrodoUis' acquaints us, that the Greeks borrowed all 

 t^mr the Names of their Gods from Egyp\ and T>iodorti^\ that 

 they not only derived from thence their Theology, but their 

 Arts and Sciences likewife. For, among other Inftances, he 

 tells us, that the Ceremonies of Bacchz^ and Ceres, who were 

 the fame with Oftris and IJis, had been introduced very early 

 among them by Orphet{s : that, from the fame Source, Tytha- 

 goras, received the Doctrine of the Tranfmigration of Souls ; 

 Eudoxus, no lefs than Thales \ Mathematicks ; and Dcedalus 

 Archite6lure, Sculpture and other ingenious Arts. According to 

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

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

 Maxims, and ConftitutionsofPolity, which had been introduced 

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

 ftrafted Learning, fuch as related to the ElTence of the Deity, 

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

 and TPIA2, with other Difquifitions of the like Nature, feem 



I It might be for this Reafon that ?Uto Sec. took upon him the Character of an Oyl- 

 Merchant ; Oyl being always a welcome Commodity to Egj/pt. O ^" «)- 2oAa» * S^fMm v'nf ar 

 tTi iwfai iixirmay mnai ipaviv ivioit ■yrohu-jufias \ni& iji.a,hXov i^ /J5fi«> » ^(nfMtrisixv 'Trham^yeu Toy So^tvcei. 

 Plut. Solon, p. 79. Kdit. Par. KeuQahw $ fumv lix-7ro{iii \^>iimScu, i>) Iftviy^iTm tov iMSyi/MntMy r^ 

 S^hiTayn Tiif ATocft(//itf{ IjoAiof, ihal\i Tivlf h A/>uVti» Sia.'iiaiv ymSiiu. Ibid. 2 Clemens Alexandr'tnus 

 acquaints us, that Pythagoras was circumcifcd in Order to be admitted into their ^dyta; 

 Uu^ayofdi tok A/>wwt(«i' tsfojmTan (Tufj-Si^KuKhcu 'tiftnau' Ji it )^ Tsp/svEf/fVTo, ha J^ 19 iit -m al'uTtt it^jih^ar, 

 ^ fuigiMV -ml Aiyuvriay hiJ-ci^ot (pihomptiv. CI. Str. Ed. Pott. l.I. P-3f4- 5 l^ftireu Ji nu^ayo^a; yh 

 'S.tSyyuJ) 7oJ Aiyu'TTTiCi) a.f^'nrfic^'xryi fM5»rcM(mf UKeLrcavJi 2!j^i(»p/</) TaJ HAfocroAfTH" Eutftl®' JV Ki'liT/®', Kovipft 

 TM 19 ai/1$ htywrTi^. CI. Alex. Strom. l.I. p-i^6. 4 A/>w7/o/ i ToTf i'rnu'/^ci ta 'nn^a. (rpimr a.yili^iy]a 

 fo/riipia, i/i (mv ^iiriKois 7>iv Tat ^iay Heft/aic e^E^sjov, a»<.' « yovoK yi rote fuyXumv \-m ^i).a\hHa.i mtai'vitut r^ 

 T ispeav TH( xfi^fim nieu AtKifiu-mrots i.im Ts "f Tjojiif >^ w •pw^S'iias, 19 tk jtVKf. Clem. Alexand. Strom. 

 1. f. p. 670. T//w« 5 5ii TTBTt wtt| hiyj'jfl'iav ^e(3«^«)tt 7a h^yhupyj, i(g.hi(^it to iy tCh kSiiTUt i jiis 

 lu-xjiai, aWia h Toi; 'iy^'iToit mfttS'iHi^a. Jujl. Mart. Quseft.zy. ad Orthod. j 'S.xi^h'i 1^ Twvjoe 

 TO iyina\a. r ^av, 6| AijJww imx^tu. Herod. Eat. 5- fo. 6 Diodor. S'lcul. Bibl. 1. 1 5- 9^' 

 7 Qihw 57«fi 75 fiiyvjiiav ytayilffir fJia^vTa ipw. D'togen. Laert. 1. I. in Vita Thai. Qi^nf 

 jj, ii)7vi^ av n jtK®', j^ To7y AiyvTrlittY /ofufintiif <>vn<^£hM}uveu wfiilcu. Clem. Alexand. Strom. 1. l. 

 p. 221. 8 D'tod. Sic. Bibl. ut fupra. 



9 Tors ^lof Sw}«7Hp «/e papf/«j(st pr/Ssi'TW, 

 'ESiyk, TO, 01 no^vJkfiva. mfiv &avo( TrnfiKomi, 

 Aiyvrrnx. &c. How.^OdyfT. A. 1. 227. 



10 Uivn yi tv iioff(M ?J,(imi Tf«ct{, 5f (xiva,s «tpx». «V ifh yi «? «5« w»)f« Ttf^rfSj UTmiJa &cc. Zoroaft. 

 apud. Kirch. >Edip. /Egypt. S^nt. i. p.ioo, 



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