A New System, or an Analysis of Ancient Mythology, Vol. 3: Wherein an Attempt Is Made to Divest Tradition of Fable; And to Reduce the Truth to Its Original Purity

by Jacob Bryant

Excerpt from A New System, or an Analysis of Ancient Mythology

Cuth, or for upon the hifiory Of this people my fyftem chiefly turns. It may be afked, if there were no other great families upon earth, befides that Of the Cuth ites, worthy of if no other people ever performed great actions, and made themfelves refpeétable to pof'terity. Such there pofiibly may have and the field is open to any, who may choofe to make inquiry. My taking this particular path does vuot in the leaft abridge others from profecuting different views, wherever they may fee an openuug....

Genres: History

613 pages, Hardcover

First published January 11, 2010

About the author

Jacob Bryant (1715 – 1804) was a British scholar and mythographer, who has been described as "the outstanding figure among the mythagogoues who flourished in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries".

Reviews

[Douglas Ramsburg · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent book. An excellent approach in dealing with ancient legends, and discerning the truth in them.