brews. It is often found in composition, as in Ab-El, Ab-On, Ab-Or.

AUR, OUR, OR.

Aur, sometimes expressed Or, Ur, and Our, signifies both light and fire. Hence came the Orus of the Egyptians, a title given to the Sun. 39 Quod solem vertimus, id in Hebræo est TN, Ur; quod lucem, et ignem, etiam et Solem denotat. It is often compounded with the term above, and rendered Abor, Aborus, Aborras: and it is otherwise diversified. This title was often given to Chus by his descendants; whom they styled Chusorus. From Aur, taken as an element, came Uro, Ardeo; as a Deity, oro, hora, ga, Iegov, IEPEUS. Zeus was styled Cham-Ur, rendered Kuuugos by the Greeks; and under this title was worshipped at Halicarnassus. He is so called by Lycophron. Ήμος καταίθων θυσίλα Κωμυρῳ Λεων. Upon which the Scholiast observes; (Kwμugos) i

40

Ζευς εν Αλικαρνασῳ τιμάται.

39 Selden de Diis Syris: Prolegomena. c. 3.

Lycophron. v. 459. Scholia ibidem.

It is also compounded with Cham, as in Orchamus, a common

Babylonish appellation.

Rexit Achæmenias urbes pater Orchamus; isque

Septimus a prisci numératur origine Beli.

Ovid. Metamorph. 1. 4. v. 212.

EL.

El, Al, HɅ, sometimes expressed Eli, was the name of the true God; but by the Zabians was transferred to the Sun: whence the Greeks borrowed their Ἡλιος, and Ηλιος. El, and Elion, were titles, by which the people of Canaan distinguished their chief Deity. * Γινεται τις Ελιουν, καλεμένος ύψισος. This they sometimes still farther compounded, and made Abelion: hence inscriptions are to be found 42 DEO ABELLIONI. El according to Damascius was a title given to Cronus. 43 Φοινικές και Σύροι τον Κρόνον Ηλ, και Βηλ, 1 και Βολάθην επονομαζεσι. The Phenicians and Syrians name Cronus Eel, and Beel, and Bolathes. The Canaanitish term Elion is a compound of Eli On, both titles of the Sun: hence the former is often joined with Aur, and Orus. Elorus, and Alorus, were names both of persons and places.

41 Eusebii Præp. Evang. 1. 1. c. 10. p. 36.

42 Gruter. v. 1. 37. n. 4, 5, 6.

43 Damascius apud Photium. c. 242.

44

44

Aλwgos, Alorus, the first king who reigned. Syncellus. p. 18. Aria, Halia, was a festival at Rhodes in honour of the Sun, to whom that Island was sacred. Podior τα Αλια τιμωσιν. Athenæus. 1. 13. p. 561. The first inhabitants were styled Heliadæ. Diodorus Sic. 1. 5. p. 327. And they called the chief temple of the Deity Aov, Halion. Eustath. ad Hom. Odyss. Z. They came after a deluge, led by Ochimus, Macar, and others.

It is sometimes combined with Cham: whence we have Camillus, and Camulus: under which name the Deity of the Gentile world was in many places worshipped. Camulus and Camillus were in a manner antiquated among the Romans; but their worship was kept up in other countries. We find in Gruter an inscription "DEO CAMULO: and another, CAMULO. SANCTO. FORTISSIMO. They were both the same Deity, a little diversified; who was worshipped by the Hetrurians, and esteemed the same as Hermes. 46 Tusci Camillum appellant Mercurium. And not only the Deity, but the minister and attendant had the same name : for the priests of old were almost universally denominated from the God whom they served, or from his temple. The name appears to have been once very general. 47 Rerum omnium sacrarum administri Camilli dicebantur. But Plutarch seems to confine the term to one particular office and person. 48 Τον ὑπηρετεντα τῷ Ἱερῷ τε Διος αμφιθαλη παιδα λεγεσθαι Καμιλλον, ὡς και τον Ἑρμην· έτως ενιοι των Ἑλληνων Καμίλλον απο της διακονίας προσηγορέυον.

He

46 Macrobii Saturn. 1. 3. c. 8.

47 Pomponius Lætus.

Camilla was in like manner attendant on the Gods.

Cælitum Camilla expectata advenis. Eunius in Medo, ex Varrone de Ling. Lat. p. 71. Edit. Dordrechti. 1619.

48 Juba

apud Plutarchum in Numa. vol. 1. p. 64.

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supposes the name to have been given to Hermes, on account of the service and duty enjoined him. But there is nothing of this nature to be inferred from the terms. The Hermes of Egypt had nothing similar to his correspondent in Greece. Camillus was the name of the chief God, ChamEl, the same as Elion, sos. He was sometimes expressed Casmillus; but still referred to Hermes. 48 Κασμιλλος ὁ Ἑρμης εσιν, ὡς ισορει Διονυσιο Jugos. The Deity El was particularly invoked by the eastern nations, when they made an attack in battle at such time they used to cry out, El-El, and Al-Al. This Mahomet could not well bring his proselytes to leave off: and therefore changed it to Allah; which the Turks at this day make use of, when they shout in joining battle. It was, however, an idolatrous invocation, originally made to the God of war; and not unknown to the Greeks. Plutarch speaks of it as no uncommon exclamation; but makes the Deity feminine,

49 Κλυθ' ΑΛΑΛΑ, πολέμε θυγατερ.

Hence we have in Hesychius the following interpretations ; αλαλάζει, επινικίως ηχεί Αλαλαγμος, επινικιος ύμνος. Ελελεν, επιφωνημα πολεμικον. It is pro

48 Scholia in Apollon. Rhodium. 1. 1. v. 917. So Camoens was rendered Casmœna.

49 De Amore Fraterno. p. 483.

bably the same as

in Isaiah, 50 How art thou

fallen, Halal, thou son of Sehor.

ON and EON.

On, Eon, or Aón, was another title of the Sun among the Amonians and so we find it explained by Cyril upon Hosea: Ων δε εσιν ὁ Ἡλιος : and speaking of the Egyptians in the same comment, he says, Ων δε εςι παρ αυτοις ὁ Ἡλιος. The Seventy likewise, where the word occurs in Scripture, interpret it the Sun; and call the city of On, Heliopolis. " Και εδωκεν αυτῷ την Ασενεθ θυγατέρα Πετεφρή Ἱέρεως Ηλιοπολεως. Theophilus, from Ma netho, speaks of it in the same manner: Ων, ήτις εσιν Ηλιοπολις. And the Coptic Pentateuch renders the city On by the city of the Sun. Hence it was, that Ham, who was worshipped as the Sun, got the name of Amon, and Ammon; and was styled Baal-Hamon. It is said of Solomon, that he had a vineyard at " Baal-Hamon; a name

50 Isaiah. c. 14. v. 12.

53

51 Genesis. c. 41. v. 45. and Exodus. c. 1. v. 11.

52

52 Theophilus ad Autolycum. 1. 3. p. 392. Jablonsky. 1. 2. c. 1.

p. 138.

53 Canticles. c. 8. v. 11.

Mention is made of Amon, Jeremiah. c. 46. v. 25. Nahum.

c. 3. v. 8.

It was sometimes compounded; and the Deity worshipped