Note 228 — Chapter II
Reading edition
The Phœnician coins found in this neighbourhood, or in Spain, present the originals of the whole of the mythology and the arts of Greece. The plates to Don Bathagin’s (infant of Spain) edition of Sallust’s Jugurtha alone present the following list.
Laurel crowns. Ivy crown, with the bunch-like grapes. Ceres crown of corn-heads. The Mural crown. The star and crescent. The trident and dolphin. The sun and the sun and moon. Winged Pegasus. The palm-tree. The palm, lion, and the horse’s head. The Zampti, represented by four columns surmounted by a pediment. The winged Cupid and the winged Genius. The Genius and torch. The diadem and circlet. The helm and galley beak.
The art of coining they borrowed from the Greeks, and it seems to have been the only mention of that people; but the emblems represented were the ancient ones.
The mythological terms and names of Greece, in like manner may be cited.
Æolus, עעול, aol, storm.
Elysium fields, עליז, aliz, happy.
Erebus, the west, as used by Homer, Odyss. μʹ 12. Chaos, כהות ערב, chaüth ereb, evening darkness.
Myth, מות, muth, death.
Pan, פן, pan, “attonitus stupet.”
Thyrsus, תרזה, thyrza, pines.
Phallus, פלצות, phallasuth.
Orgy, רזא, rza, wrath.
Mystery, mistur, a thing hidden, Landseer.
Siren, שיר, sir, to sing.
Hero, חורים, horim, princes (Eccl. x. 17).
Hades, חדס, hades, or hadasso, myrtle, whence Edessa, &c.
Satyr, satur, disguised.
Faun, פנים, phanim, a masque.
Tartarus, tara, warning (redoubled).
Cyclops, chem slub, lay of Selab (Chon. l. i. c. 80).
Hephæstos, ab father, af fire, whence also Vesta, usta, &c.
Persephone, peri fruit, sophon lost.
Triptolemus, tarop break, tel earth, telens furrow.
Golden apples, μήλα, golden fleece, μάλλον, malh, riches.
Toison (French), tson sheep.