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Orphic Theogonies and Cosmogonic Eros 1037
examples in Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Phoenicia pp. cxxvii, 227—233 pis. 28, 9—29,
17, Hunter Cat. Corns iii. 263 pi. 76, 31, Head Coins of the Ancients p. 41 pi. 20,
46, p. 61 pi. 29, 36, id. Hist, num.2 p. 799 fig. 352); nor yet to treat TI2rov as a
corruption of a>6v, the cosmic 'egg' (J. Kopp in his ed. of Damaskios (Frankfurt-
am-Main 1826) cj. coov, and so did F. Creuzer Symbolik unci Mythologiez Leipzig
and Darmstadt 1840 ii. 345 n. 2), though we should thereby reduce all the names
in this genealogy to common Greek substantives—-^pdvos, tt68os, oplxXrj, dt]p, avpa,
coov. If any change is required, I would rather correct *Qtov to Mwtov = the Mtir
of Sanchouniathon's cosmogony {infra (iii)). (ii) Mochos of Sidon (W. Pape—
G. E. Benseler Worterbuch der griechischen Eigennamen* Braunschweig 1875
p. 969 f.) ap. Damask, quaest. deprimis principiis 125 ter (i. 323, 6 ff. Ruelle) cos
8e e^coOev Evdrpiov ttjv <&oivlkcov evpLcrKopev Kara Mco^ov pvdoXoylav, Aldr/p rjv to
irpwTOv Kal ' Arjp at 8vo carat dp^at, e'£ cov yevvarai OiiXoopos, 6 vorjros Seos, avro, oipai,
to anpov tov vorjTov- e£ oil eavToo avvtX66vTos yevvrjdrjval (pacri Xovo~cop6v, dvoiyea
rrpboTov, eha coov, tovtov pev, oipai, tov votjtov vovv XeyovTes, tov 8e dvoiyea
Xovacopov, tt)v vor]Tr]v 8vvapiv are TrpwTTjv 8uiKplvao~av ttjv ddidtcpiTOv (pvcriv, el pi]
apa peTu. ras 8vo dp^ds to pev anpov io-Tiv ''Avepos 6 eis, to 8e peaov oi 8vo dvepoi
An//' re Kal Noro?- 7rotoi3crt yap ttcos Kal tovtovs npb tov OvXcopov • 6 8e OiXcopbs aiiTos
n vorjTos e'lt] vovs, 6 8e dvoiyevs Xovacopbs r) pera to votjtov irpcoTrj Ta^is, to 8e 'Q.bv 6
ovpavos' Xeyerai yap e'£ aiiTov payevTos eh 8vo yeveadai Ovpavos Kal Trj, tcov 8i%oTopr]-
paTwv eaaTepov. The names OvXapos and Xovo-copos are presumably Phoenician,
not Greek. OlXcopos is commonly regarded as the transliteration of the Hebrew
D^iy ('o/dm), 'eternity,'though Gruppe Cult. Myth, orient. Ret. i. 514 (cp. i. 349,
642) says : 'Dies Wesen war hdchst wahrscheinlich zweigeschlechtig gedacht, da
es mit sich selbst den Xovacopos erzeugt... Demnach scheint es mir (trotz der von
Schuster de vet. Orph. theog. ind. atq. or. S. 98. Anm. 1 citirten Kabbalastelle) zwei-
fellos, dass OvXcopos nicht... von th]) " E wigkeit,' sondern von D^y " Geschlechts-
trieb empfinden " abgeleitet ist.' Mr N. McLean, to whom I have referred
the point, tells me (Sept. 13, 1916) that O&Xcopos might perhaps be connected with
D^-1X (iilam), 'the front, that which is first,' but is more probably the Grecised
form of D^iy (' d/d?n), 'eternity.' Similarly Count Baudissin sees in 'OvXcopos
(wohl cb')]})' 'Den Gott der Vorzeit' (W. W. Baudissin Adonis und Esmun
Leipzig 1911 pp. 503 and 488). Cp. Gen. 21. 33 'And Abraham planted a
tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the
Everlasting God' with J. Skinner's note ad loc: l'El lO/dm] presumably the
pre-Israelite name of the local numen, here identified with Yahwe ' etc. Xovacopos,
'the Opener,' remains obscure. H. Ewald ' Tiber die phonikischen Ansichten
von der Weltschopfung und den geschichtlichen Werth Sanchuniathon's' in the
Abh. d. gott. Gesellsch. d. Wiss. 1851—1852 Phil.-hist. Classe v. 17 would read
Xovaap for Xpvawp in the anthropogony of Sanchouniathon as given by Philon
Byb\. frag. 2. 9 (Frag. hist. Gr. iii. 566 Miiller) ap. Euseb. praep. ev. 1. 10. 11 f.
yjpbvois 8e vtTTepov tvoXXols and ttjs ' Y\jsovpavlov yeveds yevecrOat, 'Aypea kcu 'AXiea,
tovs dypas <al dXelas evpeTas, e£ cov KXrjOijvai dypevrds Kal dXiels' e'£ cov yeveadai 8vo
ddeXcpovs o~i8r]pov evpeTas Kal ttjs tovtov epyacrlas, cov Bdrepov tov Xpvcrcop Xoyovs
do-KT\oai <al eVcoSd? ku\ pavTe'ias' elvai 8e tovtov tov 'HcpaurTov, evpelv 8e Kal
ayKio~Tpov Kal 8eXeap Kal oppiav Kal o"^eStav, TrpcoTov re ndvTcov dvdpcojrcov TrXevcrai-
816 kcu cos Beov avTov peTa Qdvarov eo-ejidaOrjaav • KaXeitrBai 8e avrdv Kal Ai'a MetAt^toi'.
K.r.A. But Xpvacop may well be an attempt to make the Phoenician Xovo-copos
intelligible to Greek readers. Be that as it may, Xovcrcopos was doubtless 'the
Opener' of the cosmic egg (so F. Creuzer Symboiih und Mythologie'6 Leipzig
examples in Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Phoenicia pp. cxxvii, 227—233 pis. 28, 9—29,
17, Hunter Cat. Corns iii. 263 pi. 76, 31, Head Coins of the Ancients p. 41 pi. 20,
46, p. 61 pi. 29, 36, id. Hist, num.2 p. 799 fig. 352); nor yet to treat TI2rov as a
corruption of a>6v, the cosmic 'egg' (J. Kopp in his ed. of Damaskios (Frankfurt-
am-Main 1826) cj. coov, and so did F. Creuzer Symbolik unci Mythologiez Leipzig
and Darmstadt 1840 ii. 345 n. 2), though we should thereby reduce all the names
in this genealogy to common Greek substantives—-^pdvos, tt68os, oplxXrj, dt]p, avpa,
coov. If any change is required, I would rather correct *Qtov to Mwtov = the Mtir
of Sanchouniathon's cosmogony {infra (iii)). (ii) Mochos of Sidon (W. Pape—
G. E. Benseler Worterbuch der griechischen Eigennamen* Braunschweig 1875
p. 969 f.) ap. Damask, quaest. deprimis principiis 125 ter (i. 323, 6 ff. Ruelle) cos
8e e^coOev Evdrpiov ttjv <&oivlkcov evpLcrKopev Kara Mco^ov pvdoXoylav, Aldr/p rjv to
irpwTOv Kal ' Arjp at 8vo carat dp^at, e'£ cov yevvarai OiiXoopos, 6 vorjros Seos, avro, oipai,
to anpov tov vorjTov- e£ oil eavToo avvtX66vTos yevvrjdrjval (pacri Xovo~cop6v, dvoiyea
rrpboTov, eha coov, tovtov pev, oipai, tov votjtov vovv XeyovTes, tov 8e dvoiyea
Xovacopov, tt)v vor]Tr]v 8vvapiv are TrpwTTjv 8uiKplvao~av ttjv ddidtcpiTOv (pvcriv, el pi]
apa peTu. ras 8vo dp^ds to pev anpov io-Tiv ''Avepos 6 eis, to 8e peaov oi 8vo dvepoi
An//' re Kal Noro?- 7rotoi3crt yap ttcos Kal tovtovs npb tov OvXcopov • 6 8e OiXcopbs aiiTos
n vorjTos e'lt] vovs, 6 8e dvoiyevs Xovacopbs r) pera to votjtov irpcoTrj Ta^is, to 8e 'Q.bv 6
ovpavos' Xeyerai yap e'£ aiiTov payevTos eh 8vo yeveadai Ovpavos Kal Trj, tcov 8i%oTopr]-
paTwv eaaTepov. The names OvXapos and Xovo-copos are presumably Phoenician,
not Greek. OlXcopos is commonly regarded as the transliteration of the Hebrew
D^iy ('o/dm), 'eternity,'though Gruppe Cult. Myth, orient. Ret. i. 514 (cp. i. 349,
642) says : 'Dies Wesen war hdchst wahrscheinlich zweigeschlechtig gedacht, da
es mit sich selbst den Xovacopos erzeugt... Demnach scheint es mir (trotz der von
Schuster de vet. Orph. theog. ind. atq. or. S. 98. Anm. 1 citirten Kabbalastelle) zwei-
fellos, dass OvXcopos nicht... von th]) " E wigkeit,' sondern von D^y " Geschlechts-
trieb empfinden " abgeleitet ist.' Mr N. McLean, to whom I have referred
the point, tells me (Sept. 13, 1916) that O&Xcopos might perhaps be connected with
D^-1X (iilam), 'the front, that which is first,' but is more probably the Grecised
form of D^iy (' d/d?n), 'eternity.' Similarly Count Baudissin sees in 'OvXcopos
(wohl cb')]})' 'Den Gott der Vorzeit' (W. W. Baudissin Adonis und Esmun
Leipzig 1911 pp. 503 and 488). Cp. Gen. 21. 33 'And Abraham planted a
tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the
Everlasting God' with J. Skinner's note ad loc: l'El lO/dm] presumably the
pre-Israelite name of the local numen, here identified with Yahwe ' etc. Xovacopos,
'the Opener,' remains obscure. H. Ewald ' Tiber die phonikischen Ansichten
von der Weltschopfung und den geschichtlichen Werth Sanchuniathon's' in the
Abh. d. gott. Gesellsch. d. Wiss. 1851—1852 Phil.-hist. Classe v. 17 would read
Xovaap for Xpvawp in the anthropogony of Sanchouniathon as given by Philon
Byb\. frag. 2. 9 (Frag. hist. Gr. iii. 566 Miiller) ap. Euseb. praep. ev. 1. 10. 11 f.
yjpbvois 8e vtTTepov tvoXXols and ttjs ' Y\jsovpavlov yeveds yevecrOat, 'Aypea kcu 'AXiea,
tovs dypas <al dXelas evpeTas, e£ cov KXrjOijvai dypevrds Kal dXiels' e'£ cov yeveadai 8vo
ddeXcpovs o~i8r]pov evpeTas Kal ttjs tovtov epyacrlas, cov Bdrepov tov Xpvcrcop Xoyovs
do-KT\oai <al eVcoSd? ku\ pavTe'ias' elvai 8e tovtov tov 'HcpaurTov, evpelv 8e Kal
ayKio~Tpov Kal 8eXeap Kal oppiav Kal o"^eStav, TrpcoTov re ndvTcov dvdpcojrcov TrXevcrai-
816 kcu cos Beov avTov peTa Qdvarov eo-ejidaOrjaav • KaXeitrBai 8e avrdv Kal Ai'a MetAt^toi'.
K.r.A. But Xpvacop may well be an attempt to make the Phoenician Xovo-copos
intelligible to Greek readers. Be that as it may, Xovcrcopos was doubtless 'the
Opener' of the cosmic egg (so F. Creuzer Symboiih und Mythologie'6 Leipzig