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iterate Greeks sometimes employed to honor the Macedonian
princes,1 had the same meaning as this title of Snviou?', which
was frequently conferred upon, or assumed by them.1 it was also
occasionally applied to most of the deities who had double attri-
butes, or were personifications of both powers; as to Hercules,
Bacchus, Diana, &c.3
] 39. Diana was, as before observed, originally and properly
the Moon ; by means of which the Sun was supposed to impreg-
nate the air, and scatter the principles of generation both active and
passive over the earth : whence, like the Bacchus dtfuy); and Apollo
SiSufiaioj, she was both male and female/ both heat and humidity ;
for the warmth of ihe Moon was supposed to be moistening, as
that of the Sun was drying.5 She was called the Mother of the
World ;6 and the Daughter, as well as the Sister of the Sun ;7 because
the productive powers with which she impregnated the former,
together with the light by which she was illumined, were supposed
to be derived from the latter. By attracting or heaving the waters
1 O/ Ad-qvaioi zoexovro (rov &-qfj.t)Tpiov) ov fiovoy BvpiioiyTcs, Kai oretparowTCF, Kai
oivoxoovvrts, aWa kai irpo&oZia Kai x°P0L KaL idwpaWoi juer* opxy&tws ttjs £>5tjs airriv-
ruy avri?. Athen. lib. vi. c. 15.
a Ibid. c. 1G.
3 Eti Se 'H\ios e-jravv/uav exuv Smtijp 5e avai Kai 'HpanXns. Pausai). in Arcad.
c. xxxi. s. 4. See also coins of Thasus, Maronea, Agathocles, &c.
* Ovtu Tf]v OrripiHos Zvvap.iv ev tjj SeXijfjj TiOevrai (lege TiOe^evot) ttjv Ifftv avrtp
yevecriv ovaav ffvvtivai Aeyown. 5to Kai ^iiyr^pa ttjv ffe\t\vf]v tov KovpLou Ka\ovffi, Kai ipvaiy
eX*lv o.paevo(3i}Kvv oiovrai, irXripov^VTjV xmo fy\tov, icai KuHTKO/xwqv, avr-qv 5e iraXiy tis
tov aepa irpoiefievriv yevvrjTMas apxas, nat tcaTaaivzipowav. Plutarch, lie Is. ct Osir.
p. 368.
5 Calor solis arefacit, lunaris humectat.
Macrob. sat. vii. c. x.
Trjv fiev yap ffe\i]vy}v yovifiov ro <pws Kai bypoiroiov exovtrav, ei^ienj Kai yovais £uwv,
Kai fyvruv eivai QXaaT-qaeai. Plutarch, de Is. et Osir.
6 Plutarch, in % c.
7 n Xntapo^tovov dvyarzp
AcXiav 2eAi)i/aia. Eurip. PhtfiU. 178.
Ovrus Akt^uXos Kai ol ipvvtKaiTepoi. 'HffioJos 5t ipTjoV aZ(X<pT]y ijXiov tivai TT\V
Cikypirp. Schol, in lOCi
iterate Greeks sometimes employed to honor the Macedonian
princes,1 had the same meaning as this title of Snviou?', which
was frequently conferred upon, or assumed by them.1 it was also
occasionally applied to most of the deities who had double attri-
butes, or were personifications of both powers; as to Hercules,
Bacchus, Diana, &c.3
] 39. Diana was, as before observed, originally and properly
the Moon ; by means of which the Sun was supposed to impreg-
nate the air, and scatter the principles of generation both active and
passive over the earth : whence, like the Bacchus dtfuy); and Apollo
SiSufiaioj, she was both male and female/ both heat and humidity ;
for the warmth of ihe Moon was supposed to be moistening, as
that of the Sun was drying.5 She was called the Mother of the
World ;6 and the Daughter, as well as the Sister of the Sun ;7 because
the productive powers with which she impregnated the former,
together with the light by which she was illumined, were supposed
to be derived from the latter. By attracting or heaving the waters
1 O/ Ad-qvaioi zoexovro (rov &-qfj.t)Tpiov) ov fiovoy BvpiioiyTcs, Kai oretparowTCF, Kai
oivoxoovvrts, aWa kai irpo&oZia Kai x°P0L KaL idwpaWoi juer* opxy&tws ttjs £>5tjs airriv-
ruy avri?. Athen. lib. vi. c. 15.
a Ibid. c. 1G.
3 Eti Se 'H\ios e-jravv/uav exuv Smtijp 5e avai Kai 'HpanXns. Pausai). in Arcad.
c. xxxi. s. 4. See also coins of Thasus, Maronea, Agathocles, &c.
* Ovtu Tf]v OrripiHos Zvvap.iv ev tjj SeXijfjj TiOevrai (lege TiOe^evot) ttjv Ifftv avrtp
yevecriv ovaav ffvvtivai Aeyown. 5to Kai ^iiyr^pa ttjv ffe\t\vf]v tov KovpLou Ka\ovffi, Kai ipvaiy
eX*lv o.paevo(3i}Kvv oiovrai, irXripov^VTjV xmo fy\tov, icai KuHTKO/xwqv, avr-qv 5e iraXiy tis
tov aepa irpoiefievriv yevvrjTMas apxas, nat tcaTaaivzipowav. Plutarch, lie Is. ct Osir.
p. 368.
5 Calor solis arefacit, lunaris humectat.
Macrob. sat. vii. c. x.
Trjv fiev yap ffe\i]vy}v yovifiov ro <pws Kai bypoiroiov exovtrav, ei^ienj Kai yovais £uwv,
Kai fyvruv eivai QXaaT-qaeai. Plutarch, de Is. et Osir.
6 Plutarch, in % c.
7 n Xntapo^tovov dvyarzp
AcXiav 2eAi)i/aia. Eurip. PhtfiU. 178.
Ovrus Akt^uXos Kai ol ipvvtKaiTepoi. 'HffioJos 5t ipTjoV aZ(X<pT]y ijXiov tivai TT\V
Cikypirp. Schol, in lOCi