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PART I.
iEGYPTIACA.
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the decree of Theodofius againft his image and temple.
At this time his idol was broken in pieces, the golden
walls which enfhrined him, laid in ruinsz; and, in the
fubfequent reign of Arcadius, a Chriftian church was
eredled on the fpot which had been occupied by the
templea.
But though the temple, which formed a part of the
Serapeum, was thus rafed to the ground ; the religious
zeal of Theophilus did not prompt him to deftroy the
remainder of the edificeb. Its fpacious courts and {lately
columns Hill continued to be the admiration of the
world. This we colledt from the Arabic hiftorians,
whom we are foon to take for our guides.
1 TS Je "Lx^xinix fj.o]/ov to tSxfo; JpEiXoi/TO [Chflftiam], 1hoi (3tmp \15uv’ x
yxo riGocv £vij,iTxyJvr,TQi. Eunap. Vita yEdefii, p. 6\.
r To Sri 'Liox-rriov ZSi r\\w, xx) [j.it 3 woAu il; ixx\Y\<rlxv |u.£TE<rx£uaV3'ti, 'A^xxSlx r»
(3amXEWj iwoSi/v/xoi/. SOZOMEN. lib. vii. C. 15*
b That the exterior courts remained after the deftrudtion of the temple
by Theophilus, is evident from a quotation preferved in Evagrius. For
the fhocking circumftance, which Prifcus relates to have happened in the
Serapeum, was undoubtedly pofterior to this event.-tYofsi* ngta-xo; 0
'Pjitwj, qSyivou Tr\\nxx\nx Trip ’AXtfcoci/fyx tji; @n£aiwp E7r«p^ia;, 1 chip te top Hyi^ov oy.o<ri
xxta toiu oc^optwp yuo^xvTx" r>K te rjartwrix?; JupaptEwj tiip raVip chaxwAuEip (3sXoptE-
X&uv (3oAaIV auT3j ^nVas’S'ai' TgiipxirS'xi te tovtx; xxl oinx to IEPON TO II A-
AAI EAPAI1IAOS xi/xfyxy.oi/Txt ixTroXiogxritrxi, xx\ wugi ^oivrxt TjYX^xixvxi. EvAGR.
Hift. Ecclef. lib. ii. cap. v.
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iEGYPTIACA.
5i
the decree of Theodofius againft his image and temple.
At this time his idol was broken in pieces, the golden
walls which enfhrined him, laid in ruinsz; and, in the
fubfequent reign of Arcadius, a Chriftian church was
eredled on the fpot which had been occupied by the
templea.
But though the temple, which formed a part of the
Serapeum, was thus rafed to the ground ; the religious
zeal of Theophilus did not prompt him to deftroy the
remainder of the edificeb. Its fpacious courts and {lately
columns Hill continued to be the admiration of the
world. This we colledt from the Arabic hiftorians,
whom we are foon to take for our guides.
1 TS Je "Lx^xinix fj.o]/ov to tSxfo; JpEiXoi/TO [Chflftiam], 1hoi (3tmp \15uv’ x
yxo riGocv £vij,iTxyJvr,TQi. Eunap. Vita yEdefii, p. 6\.
r To Sri 'Liox-rriov ZSi r\\w, xx) [j.it 3 woAu il; ixx\Y\<rlxv |u.£TE<rx£uaV3'ti, 'A^xxSlx r»
(3amXEWj iwoSi/v/xoi/. SOZOMEN. lib. vii. C. 15*
b That the exterior courts remained after the deftrudtion of the temple
by Theophilus, is evident from a quotation preferved in Evagrius. For
the fhocking circumftance, which Prifcus relates to have happened in the
Serapeum, was undoubtedly pofterior to this event.-tYofsi* ngta-xo; 0
'Pjitwj, qSyivou Tr\\nxx\nx Trip ’AXtfcoci/fyx tji; @n£aiwp E7r«p^ia;, 1 chip te top Hyi^ov oy.o<ri
xxta toiu oc^optwp yuo^xvTx" r>K te rjartwrix?; JupaptEwj tiip raVip chaxwAuEip (3sXoptE-
X&uv (3oAaIV auT3j ^nVas’S'ai' TgiipxirS'xi te tovtx; xxl oinx to IEPON TO II A-
AAI EAPAI1IAOS xi/xfyxy.oi/Txt ixTroXiogxritrxi, xx\ wugi ^oivrxt TjYX^xixvxi. EvAGR.
Hift. Ecclef. lib. ii. cap. v.
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