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'-'-cr r:e l:r.d hid n-olt of the City in Aflies, yet ■ 
L h wrder of the Senate,, infcribed GEN I O 
A T !• S* C. Some of the Fathers have there- 
fore julriy reproath'd the Romans, for paying a greater 
Veru:.;'::!or-. ro the Genii of rheir Emperors, than to 
JupiUr iapnam God. This Cuftom of Deifying 
the Genii, -nui rhai ot aiiigning Gods for defence of 
partiGular Cicies, is very ancient, as appears by v/hac the 
Prophet Jeremiah faith ot revolting Judahj According to -^J^^^-^'^^^ 
the number of thy Cities ure thy Gods after the manner* * 
of the Heathen, v^ho, according to Farro, had above 
^ thirty thoufand 5 and yet notv/ithPcanding this P^^^digi-'^'^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
Gus pumber, it is evident from their Medals, that fe- 
veral Cities were fometimeb aifigned to the fame Tutelar 
Deity ^ thus the Greeks f from whom the Romans receiv'd 
this andfeveral other of their Superftitions) CGmmitted both- 
Magnejia d.nA Smyrna to the proteaion of Cykle. Me- 
dals of the former are more com-CBon, of the latter more 
rare. His Excellency Baron Sfanhcim has v^rit a nioft 
Learned Difcoorfe upon them, which makes me more to 
value one in my poor Mitfmm^ which has the ESigies 
of that Mother of the Gods with her Towered Head^ . 
and C M YP N A 5 irpon the Fveverfe is a Lyon Paffant' 
with C M Y P N A I a .N. I have alfo a large curious 
Medal of Jdim Philippus^ that would tempt us to believe 
that Antioch alfo was devoted to the fame Cybele^ for it 
has round her Head with the Turreted Crown A N T I O- 
KE£iN MHTPOKOAiiN. with ^ f or rather a)' E 
and S C on each fide the Head. I muft own my felf 
fomewhat at a lofs about the latter word, except the 
Greek and Roman Tongues began then to admit of a fort 
of Mongril Mixture, fo that from M H T E P and Colo-* 
msy might proceed MHTPOKOAfiNiiN., and fo the 
Antiochmns have the Title of the Men of the Mother^ 
Golony^ 
