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JEGYPTIACA.
PART I.
the inftruments of their unhallowed pageant into me-
morials of that Saviour who overcame the world*.
But the pure light of the Gofpel was now difperfing
the gloom of Paganifm, and the tutelar deity of Alexan-
dria was foon to be deprived of his ufurped dominion.
The fir ft fignal of his difgrace and downfall was the re-
moval of the Nilometer from his temple, by the com-
mand of Conftantineh His final ruin was accomplithed
by the Archbifhop Theophilus, who zealoufly executed
x-370 AA a Xtycrat 37E770oSAoti U7T££ th ayiV Aoys rvi 37iVem? zut! ivofx.a.xog rx
XpIfS, TEST0 jJ.iV tP X7\ 370A« 370AAflhaj <TV^O[X.£PO(, OVilSci^OfX.CPO; , |3ce<70sVo(f olpmtfOI? uVoSaA-
Aopsvos. Kai yaj xai^M 3ror£ ^ufJiVai/TEf auVoi/ oi ‘'EXXnvig 37£o? avuGolmt tes Etgairiit
xa.Xzfxivz tes osutcoo iISuAb xaSrVai/TEf, too osu’too 37£o<7ETa£ao S’aAa; cpomxuv iTnSiSova.i
Totf £77£ TO a’S'£f*IT8fy£SO X«1 37£O(7>CV0EIO TU flJcdAtO OOOSESOV TOtUTOP ya,p <ryr\fX.a. EJ/OUTIO
Ol tmo tlSuXtov osu’tmo leptTg. 'O <Je AaSwo fx-iyoiAoj xv\ ipuvri, xat 37E7r«pp»!S7»a<7jU.£/0ii tyi Suxpdpc,
k <Wosf, 8’<Te AraV*f, ISo'a, AsyW AETTE, AABETE OT TON 0AAON TOT EIAU-
AOT, A AAA TON 0AAON TOT XPI2TOT. Epiphan. tom. i. p, 524.
y “ Kal fx.ila.xa.vTX SI 0 (3a<7iA£u? [Conftantinus] i7ri[x.tXifipog wo 37Eji too X^iriaowo,
0077£(7T^«9»l TOO? eAAjIOIXCOS S’gnO'Xilxg' JCKI HSXVH jUEO T« lX.OVOfJ.CX.yJx' il>iOVXg <?£ TOO? IJla; £0 TOlV
oososV eVc^teS'etc. Aiyovxuv SI two 'EAAtj'vuv mV afos 0 Exoa-rrig nn 0 too NesAoo a’oaywo etti
afiSila. t>5; Aiyu7TTa, tm too ssrrp^uo tig top pxov tz Ex^ancSog Y.ofx.c^scrljxi, avxog ilg tyip ejocAti-
aicxv top xsr.yyo ’AAej'/xpSgov fx-ixaTc^ivai ekeAeuste. Tup SI cpvfx-i^opTUp, mV ax a’oaSuVetoci 0
NeiAo? ogyw T3 Ea^amSog, rat olvoSog tz xxoTXfx.ov tm te e^tj? etei xasi eV to f/.£Tcx.TXVTa
iy'ipixo te xat yioETots’ Efyto te JeiVoutosi, mV a iico S'gno-xEi'ao, ooAA* cJia tb? o^a; t»k 37^0-
pocag, 7i T3 NesAb ococofiams yioETOii.” SOCRATES, ftlft. Ecclef. lib. 1. C. XV111.
That Serapis was conlidered (by the ^Egyptians) as the uncontrouled
deity of the Nile, is afferted by Ariftides the Rhetorician :
Outo? [i. e. Serapis] aysi Ne~Aoo wja S^af, outo? ynfxuvxg xva.xa.Xi7. Orat. in
Serapidem, edit. Flor. p. 100.
JEGYPTIACA.
PART I.
the inftruments of their unhallowed pageant into me-
morials of that Saviour who overcame the world*.
But the pure light of the Gofpel was now difperfing
the gloom of Paganifm, and the tutelar deity of Alexan-
dria was foon to be deprived of his ufurped dominion.
The fir ft fignal of his difgrace and downfall was the re-
moval of the Nilometer from his temple, by the com-
mand of Conftantineh His final ruin was accomplithed
by the Archbifhop Theophilus, who zealoufly executed
x-370 AA a Xtycrat 37E770oSAoti U7T££ th ayiV Aoys rvi 37iVem? zut! ivofx.a.xog rx
XpIfS, TEST0 jJ.iV tP X7\ 370A« 370AAflhaj <TV^O[X.£PO(, OVilSci^OfX.CPO; , |3ce<70sVo(f olpmtfOI? uVoSaA-
Aopsvos. Kai yaj xai^M 3ror£ ^ufJiVai/TEf auVoi/ oi ‘'EXXnvig 37£o? avuGolmt tes Etgairiit
xa.Xzfxivz tes osutcoo iISuAb xaSrVai/TEf, too osu’too 37£o<7ETa£ao S’aAa; cpomxuv iTnSiSova.i
Totf £77£ TO a’S'£f*IT8fy£SO X«1 37£O(7>CV0EIO TU flJcdAtO OOOSESOV TOtUTOP ya,p <ryr\fX.a. EJ/OUTIO
Ol tmo tlSuXtov osu’tmo leptTg. 'O <Je AaSwo fx-iyoiAoj xv\ ipuvri, xat 37E7r«pp»!S7»a<7jU.£/0ii tyi Suxpdpc,
k <Wosf, 8’<Te AraV*f, ISo'a, AsyW AETTE, AABETE OT TON 0AAON TOT EIAU-
AOT, A AAA TON 0AAON TOT XPI2TOT. Epiphan. tom. i. p, 524.
y “ Kal fx.ila.xa.vTX SI 0 (3a<7iA£u? [Conftantinus] i7ri[x.tXifipog wo 37Eji too X^iriaowo,
0077£(7T^«9»l TOO? eAAjIOIXCOS S’gnO'Xilxg' JCKI HSXVH jUEO T« lX.OVOfJ.CX.yJx' il>iOVXg <?£ TOO? IJla; £0 TOlV
oososV eVc^teS'etc. Aiyovxuv SI two 'EAAtj'vuv mV afos 0 Exoa-rrig nn 0 too NesAoo a’oaywo etti
afiSila. t>5; Aiyu7TTa, tm too ssrrp^uo tig top pxov tz Ex^ancSog Y.ofx.c^scrljxi, avxog ilg tyip ejocAti-
aicxv top xsr.yyo ’AAej'/xpSgov fx-ixaTc^ivai ekeAeuste. Tup SI cpvfx-i^opTUp, mV ax a’oaSuVetoci 0
NeiAo? ogyw T3 Ea^amSog, rat olvoSog tz xxoTXfx.ov tm te e^tj? etei xasi eV to f/.£Tcx.TXVTa
iy'ipixo te xat yioETots’ Efyto te JeiVoutosi, mV a iico S'gno-xEi'ao, ooAA* cJia tb? o^a; t»k 37^0-
pocag, 7i T3 NesAb ococofiams yioETOii.” SOCRATES, ftlft. Ecclef. lib. 1. C. XV111.
That Serapis was conlidered (by the ^Egyptians) as the uncontrouled
deity of the Nile, is afferted by Ariftides the Rhetorician :
Outo? [i. e. Serapis] aysi Ne~Aoo wja S^af, outo? ynfxuvxg xva.xa.Xi7. Orat. in
Serapidem, edit. Flor. p. 100.