A New System, Or, an Analysis of Ancient Mythology Volume 1

by Jacob Bryant

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1774 edition. ...by Homer as the umbilicus of the sea. The God dels resided-"Nnoup er aqxqbtgurqx War' clawes 251 &omoccmng. Horns Apollo. 5 21. p. 30. Edit. 1729. ' Pausanias. l. 2. p. 141. It is spoken of Phliuns,.sar removed from the cene-ter of the Peloponnesus. " This Omphalus was near the Plutonian cavern. Diodorus. l. 5.. Tezs J""E7rx xaAAzrns rnaou Means; ozxoahor Ewns. Callimachus z-Hymn to Ceres. Cicero in Verrem, 4. c. 48; Y Homer. Odyss. 1. 05.. v. 50.. The The lEtolians were stiled Umbilical; and looked upon them-v selves as the central people in Greece, like those of Delphi. But this notion was void of all truth in every instance which has been produced; and arose froma wrong interpretation of ancient terms. What the Grecians stiled Omphalus was certainly Ompha-El, the same as Al-Ompha; and related to the oracle of Ham or the and these temples were Prutaneia, and Puratheia, with a tumulus or high altar, where the rites of fire were in ancient times performed. As a proof of this etymology most of the places stiled Olympian, or Omphalian, will be found to have a reference to an oracle. Epirus was celebrated for the oracle at and we learn from the antient poet, Reianus, that the natives were of old called i "' But 're Hozgowoctoz, xau aluupoye; Opoamnetg. There was an Omphalia in Elis 5 and here too was an oracle mentioned by 5 Pindar and "5 Tnu de amour/exact EUXEV ( OAufflrta) eZ agxn; dice To pour/remit 73 Okuunta Am. The place derived all its lustre originally from the ora cular temple of Olympian Jove. In this province was an ancient city 7 Alphira; and a grove of Artemis ' Alpheisi V Stephanus Byzantinussi The Natives were also stiled Pyrrhidz, and the country Chaonia from...

Genres: History

106 pages, Paperback

First published July 14, 2003

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

[Truls Ljungström · Rating 3 out of 5]

The gist of it, is that Bryant believed himself to be able to use etymology to derive all ancient myth to sun-worship, through a mythical tribe who became the Chaldeans.

Some interesting notes, such as poseidon's rites being fire-related, but in general not recommended, though obviously a good mine for further works on the subjects.