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[191:2] Vol. ii.

[191:3] Lactant. Inst., div. iv. chap. xiii. In Anacalypsis, vol. i. p.

544.

[191:4] See chapter x.x.xix. this work.

[191:5] See Higgins: Anacalypsis, vol. ii. p. 114, and Taylor's Diegesis, p. 163.

[191:6] See the chapter on ”The Resurrection of Jesus.”

[192:1] Chambers's Encyclo., art. ”Prometheus.”

[192:2] ”_Prometheus_ has been a favorite subject with the poets. He is represented as the friend of mankind, who interposed in their behalf when Jove was incensed against them.” (Bulfinch: The Age of Fable, p.

32.)

”In the mythos relating to Prometheus, he always appears as the friend of the human race, suffering in its behalf the most fearful tortures.”

(John Fiske: Myths and Myth-makers, pp. 64, 65.) ”Prometheus was _nailed_ to the rocks on Mount Caucasus, _with arms extended_.”

(Alexander Murray: Manual of Mythology, p. 82.) ”Prometheus is said to have been _nailed up with arms extended_, near the Caspian Straits, on Mount Caucasus. The history of Prometheus on the Cathedral at Bordeaux (France) here receives its explanation.” (Higgins: Anacalypsis, vol. ii.

p. 113.)

[192:3] See aeschylus' ”Prometheus Chained.” Translated by the Rev. R.

Potter: Harper & Bros., N. Y.

[192:4] Ibid. p. 82.

[193:1] Petraeus was an interchangeable synonym of the name Ocea.n.u.s.

[193:2] ”Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying: Be it far from thee, Lord; this shall not be unto thee.” (Matt. xvi. 22.)

[193:3] ”And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.” (Luke, xxiii. 27.)

[193:4] See Taylor's Diegesis, pp. 193, 194, or Potter's aeschylus.

[193:5] ”They say that the G.o.d (Bacchus), the offspring of Zeus and Demeter, was torn to pieces.” (Diodorus Siculus, in Knight, p. 156, _note_.)

[193:6] See Knight: Anct. Art and Mythology, p. 98, _note_. Dupuis: Origin of Religious Belief, 258. Higgins: Anacalypsis, vol. ii. p. 102.

[193:7] Knight: Ancient Art and Mythology, p. xxii. _note_.

[193:8] Ibid.

[193:9] Bonwick: Egyptian Belief, p. 169.

[193:10] Dupuis: Origin of Religious Belief, p. 135.

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