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Classical Theology, Lxxxvii.

CLASSICAL THEOLOGY , LXXXVII .

LONDON , SATURDAY , AVGVST 10 , 1867 .

XII . —NEPTUNE AND EEBBUAEY . Tros , whence Troy , or rather Troja , was the father of Ilus , whence Ilium , the fourth king of Troy , AVIIO was the father of Laomeclon , who AA'as the father of Priam . It will be remembered that

Jupiter gave Ilus the celebrated statue of Minerva , called the Palladium , with the promise that , so longas it remained in Troy , the city should be impregnable . This place was first built on a small ascent near Mount Ida , about four miles from the

promontory of Sigaum . Its original name is said to have been Dardania , from Dardanus , Avho was the first king of the country of Troas . In stating IIOAV its city's walls Avere built by Apollo and Neptune , we have to point out IIOAV some have gone widely

astray in accounting for it . In the first place , they take an altogether mythological rather than a psychological view of it ¦ in the second place , the labour is adjudged to them as a mild sentence of punishment for an outrageous act of illimitable

treason and indomitable rebellion , respecting Avhich more authentic records have no agreement . It is said in the battle of the giants against the gods of Heaven , the giants were all utterly overthrown

either by the thunder of Jupiter , the arrows of Apollo , or by the other arms of the celestial host , consequently neither Neptune or Apollo took any part in , or lent any encouragement to , this rebellion , and Apollo Avas not sent

or exiled from Heaven for conspiring with Neptune and other gods to depose Jupiter , but for killing the Cyclops , out of revenge of their having forged the thunder Avith . which Jupiter struck dead Apollo ' s son , / Esculapius , at

the complaining instigation of Pluto that his kingdom was diminished through the help afforded by the physic and skill of iEsculapius in reviving the dying . But to accept tho fable for which it may be Avorth , we are therein informed that

Neptune shared with his brothers the empire of Saturn , receiving as his portion the dominion of the seas . This not seeming equivalent to the empire of heaven and earth which had been claimed by Jupiter , he conspired with Apollo ,

assisted by the other gods , to dethrone him , for Avhich act Neptune and Apollo Avere banished from heaven , or as it may be read , deprived of their divinity , and condemned to be submissive to the will of Laomedon for the term of one year .

Neptune disputed Avith Minerva the right of giving a new name to Cecropia , the original city of Athens , Athena being one of Minerva ' s names , as Cecropia Avas so called iu honour of Cecrops , and the ancient Athenians , Cecropkke . Cecrops

Avas a native of Sais , now Sa , a toAvn in the Delta of Egypt , who led a colony to that part of Greece named after him , or otherwise Attica , about 1556 years before the C . E ., ancl reigned over it . He administered civilising laws and ennobling habits ,

customs , and regulations . He introduced his rude subjects to , aud instructed them in , the worship of those deities , of engraven traditions , held in the highest adoration among the Egyptians . The olive Minerva produced of a sudden out of

the earth Avas deemed more serviceable to mankind than the horse produced by Neptune striking the ground Avith his trident . We cannot tell AA'hat substitute for a horse the inventive genius of man , aided by the beneficent care of the gods ,

might have discovered . The horse is the emblem , of war , the olive the emblem of peace . Doubtless the horse has been made to do much in aid of

man ; and the olive has been a Avonderful preservative and use to the human races . This decision of the gods did not satisfy Nej } tune . In part , Ave may presume Jupiter himself withheld his decision . The god compromised the

miraculous combat . It Avas permitted them conjointly to be AVOI-shipped . Under the name of Polias , Minerva Avas to be the guardian of the city ; and the title of the King of Trozene Avas to be conferred upon Neptune .

Perhaps , ivith tlie exception of Jupiter and Apollo , Neptune as the god of the sea , Avas invested Avith . more independent poAver than any other of the deities . At least his worshi p

Avas established m almost every inhabited place . The Libyans in particular held him in the highest veneration . The Greeks and the Eomans attached mighty attributes to his godship , At his pleasure , it Avas believed , he could have caused clouds ,

earthquakes , and thunder , Avith the power also of raising up islands from the bottom of tho sea . And they instituted and celebrated their Isthmian and Consualia games and festivals in honour of him , Avith the greatest display and solemnity .

Having been the reputed creator of the horse he was made the president of horse-racing , or at least , having produced the horse he has been entitled to preside more or less over it . Yet , still , all games in which horses took part , wore not

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CLASSICAL THEOLOGY, LXXXVII. Article 1
EARS OF WHEAT FROM A CORNUCOPIA. Article 2
MASONIC ORATION, Article 4
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES. Article 6
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 7
MASONIC CADGERS. Article 7
Untitled Article 8
MASONIC MEMS. Article 8
METROPOLITAN. Article 8
PROVINCIAL. Article 9
SCOTLAND. Article 11
NORTH AMERICA. Article 14
CANADA. Article 15
ROYAL ARCH. Article 18
REVIEWS. Article 19
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 19
LODGE MEETINGS, ETC., FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 17TH, 1867. Article 19
THE WEEK. Article 19
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 20
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Classical Theology, Lxxxvii.

CLASSICAL THEOLOGY , LXXXVII .

LONDON , SATURDAY , AVGVST 10 , 1867 .

XII . —NEPTUNE AND EEBBUAEY . Tros , whence Troy , or rather Troja , was the father of Ilus , whence Ilium , the fourth king of Troy , AVIIO was the father of Laomeclon , who AA'as the father of Priam . It will be remembered that

Jupiter gave Ilus the celebrated statue of Minerva , called the Palladium , with the promise that , so longas it remained in Troy , the city should be impregnable . This place was first built on a small ascent near Mount Ida , about four miles from the

promontory of Sigaum . Its original name is said to have been Dardania , from Dardanus , Avho was the first king of the country of Troas . In stating IIOAV its city's walls Avere built by Apollo and Neptune , we have to point out IIOAV some have gone widely

astray in accounting for it . In the first place , they take an altogether mythological rather than a psychological view of it ¦ in the second place , the labour is adjudged to them as a mild sentence of punishment for an outrageous act of illimitable

treason and indomitable rebellion , respecting Avhich more authentic records have no agreement . It is said in the battle of the giants against the gods of Heaven , the giants were all utterly overthrown

either by the thunder of Jupiter , the arrows of Apollo , or by the other arms of the celestial host , consequently neither Neptune or Apollo took any part in , or lent any encouragement to , this rebellion , and Apollo Avas not sent

or exiled from Heaven for conspiring with Neptune and other gods to depose Jupiter , but for killing the Cyclops , out of revenge of their having forged the thunder Avith . which Jupiter struck dead Apollo ' s son , / Esculapius , at

the complaining instigation of Pluto that his kingdom was diminished through the help afforded by the physic and skill of iEsculapius in reviving the dying . But to accept tho fable for which it may be Avorth , we are therein informed that

Neptune shared with his brothers the empire of Saturn , receiving as his portion the dominion of the seas . This not seeming equivalent to the empire of heaven and earth which had been claimed by Jupiter , he conspired with Apollo ,

assisted by the other gods , to dethrone him , for Avhich act Neptune and Apollo Avere banished from heaven , or as it may be read , deprived of their divinity , and condemned to be submissive to the will of Laomedon for the term of one year .

Neptune disputed Avith Minerva the right of giving a new name to Cecropia , the original city of Athens , Athena being one of Minerva ' s names , as Cecropia Avas so called iu honour of Cecrops , and the ancient Athenians , Cecropkke . Cecrops

Avas a native of Sais , now Sa , a toAvn in the Delta of Egypt , who led a colony to that part of Greece named after him , or otherwise Attica , about 1556 years before the C . E ., ancl reigned over it . He administered civilising laws and ennobling habits ,

customs , and regulations . He introduced his rude subjects to , aud instructed them in , the worship of those deities , of engraven traditions , held in the highest adoration among the Egyptians . The olive Minerva produced of a sudden out of

the earth Avas deemed more serviceable to mankind than the horse produced by Neptune striking the ground Avith his trident . We cannot tell AA'hat substitute for a horse the inventive genius of man , aided by the beneficent care of the gods ,

might have discovered . The horse is the emblem , of war , the olive the emblem of peace . Doubtless the horse has been made to do much in aid of

man ; and the olive has been a Avonderful preservative and use to the human races . This decision of the gods did not satisfy Nej } tune . In part , Ave may presume Jupiter himself withheld his decision . The god compromised the

miraculous combat . It Avas permitted them conjointly to be AVOI-shipped . Under the name of Polias , Minerva Avas to be the guardian of the city ; and the title of the King of Trozene Avas to be conferred upon Neptune .

Perhaps , ivith tlie exception of Jupiter and Apollo , Neptune as the god of the sea , Avas invested Avith . more independent poAver than any other of the deities . At least his worshi p

Avas established m almost every inhabited place . The Libyans in particular held him in the highest veneration . The Greeks and the Eomans attached mighty attributes to his godship , At his pleasure , it Avas believed , he could have caused clouds ,

earthquakes , and thunder , Avith the power also of raising up islands from the bottom of tho sea . And they instituted and celebrated their Isthmian and Consualia games and festivals in honour of him , Avith the greatest display and solemnity .

Having been the reputed creator of the horse he was made the president of horse-racing , or at least , having produced the horse he has been entitled to preside more or less over it . Yet , still , all games in which horses took part , wore not

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