ther Trojan war, Accorcllng to the ■ Egyptians fiiMis^msLS to 'h& efteSled 

 after a periDdof tbree' thousand' -years r;:t)ut ictoMikg ~ to- Mirgiv, the 

 ^om^mirhn^'EtrKsca^iSyiciher one thousand years. only; l-Ths Hindus cay, 

 iMt: -the -similitude i^illabep^ the great re-^^oi^4io4iPibiift trhat it is 



jij3tiso^ohvloiis:.at theetidof suljoFdinate periods.' .AcGording'to" Stbabo,-^') 

 MtNos 'took for a raodel of his jCDndu6t a more ancient RiiADAjviANTKr, 

 9M^.SHADAMANTiius,;.v-PuCD;'iiA:declaredv that he wished to : imitate a 

 more ancient DV^arw^-riy*^' : and the heroes of tlieEc?^^, took to : tli6m- 

 selves the names of the heroes x)f former times, and imitated then^i -as 

 much as it was in their power, .. r , , n n -- - . • ' 



'"''Thes^ diiferefht^pMsslg'efe prove^'at first sight, that the BrdJiniens of the 

 'S'^r^ trihe^'c^me-a'-^reat HX^ay from the west. It is added that they came 

 from Cr^fizlhut this ebuld'Hot i^e'Cy/W^m^ Cnta. it was' origirially under- 

 stood cf-^the/FAM'M^yzi, a celestial eai^th: f6r accbi-ding' to the aiicientSj, 

 the abode of the Messed was •^ther a celestial eaith hdow^ or a terrestrial 

 heaven -a1lc?v«. ♦ '-'©tli^r natloris''' w'obld have said 'at once, that they came 

 d6^n t^-omriheaven.' 'According td^ffie M^z^iis, Vishnu or Jupiter, liding 

 upon''3:h^'eag4e,'^^ieft -the White Islarid, in order id hehd^rh^iri'a human 

 shkJ3e iff Ite^pffi the- char a^fer^c^ dJfeisHkA''''-'"' '^'''^ c-iin; ^^v.^: - ,. 



It was also X\^^igfim(yas9h^§im.^}s^nli QrA€MA^^mi^f>xmitf with the no^, 

 dons oj the Hindus^ that Jupiter came from the islands of the blessed, 

 which according to Homer were near the/F/i/7^.C//^5,at the western ex- 

 tremity of the world, as acknowledged by the ancients. Lycofhron, who 

 was fond of old traditions and obsolete terms, introduces the unfortunate 

 -Cassandra, foretelling to her brother Hector, that Jupiter would trans^ 



.itJ)- Str^ajbo, 'p. 47Si 



