368 APPENDIX. NOTES. 



wings ; these two golden wings were, perhaps, light and 

 the expansion, which carried love through his whole 

 work. 



Sprung. Gr. EC'xarev, germinated. 



Wind-swift vortex. Gr. EWWJ avefM)xe<ri $ivai<;. Literally, 

 like whirlwinds or whirlpools, swift as the wind. 



He who mixed with Chaos wing'd and dark. Gr. Oulo$ 

 $E x, al TflepoEvrt fAiytis w%ia>. This describes love or motion 

 entering into chaos and beginning to produce order. 



Nested our race. Gr. EvsoTlsurs yevog y/tsrEpov. The birds 

 here claim an early origin. The allusion probably is to 

 the mundane egg and the birth of winged love. 



But from that commixture rose heaven, sea, and earth, fyc. 

 Gr. D t////*< yi/o//v<uv ' eTepuv Tpoi$, EyEVT xpavog, Qtctavog TE, KM 

 yy, TTavTcav TE QECOV fAauapuv ysv~ aKpQnov. Literally, " one 

 thing being mingled with another, heaven, ocean, and 

 earth, and the incorruptible race of all the immortal Gods 

 were produced." 



It is evident from this passage that those whom the 

 Greeks accounted their Gods were the elements, the hea- 

 venly bodies, and other works of creation. Thus they 

 changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and 

 served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed 

 for ever. 



NOTE 2, p. 5. Kindred Monsters. I allude here to the 

 gigantic Reptiles, those especially which are now seen only 

 in a fossil state, many of which instead of legs are fur- 

 nished with paddles; as the Ichthyosauri and Plesiosauri. 

 These animals seem intermediate between the amphibious 

 Saurians and the Chelonians. Some of them also exhibit 

 several characters in common with some of the Cetaceans, 

 Amphibians, &c. 



