The Hieroglyphics of Horapollo Nilous

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To denote sunset, they represent A CROCODILE TENDING DOWNWARDS, for this animal is self productive [?] and inclining downwards.

Footnotes

86:1

This illustration is front the descent in Belzoni's tomb. The central group is connected with the sun, and the stags’ heads appear to be emblems of eternity, or renovation. See Pl. II. and also Book II. Chap. 21.

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LXX. HOW THEY SHADOW FORTH DARKNESS.

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To denote darkness, they represent the TAIL OF A CROCODILE, for by no other means does the crocodile inflict death and destruction on any animal which it may have caught, than by first striking it with its tail, and rendering it incapable of motion: for in this part lies the strength and power of the crocodile. And now, though there are other

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appropriate symbols deducible from the nature of the crocodile, those which we have mentioned are sufficient for the first Book.

 

 

 

Τέλος τοῦ πρώτου βιβλίου.

END OF THE FIRST BOOK.

 

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Footnotes

87:1

I. The illustration is from Belzoni's tomb. There are properly 12 figures of each side of the crocodile; representing the hours of the day and night.

II. The fig. beneath certainly signifies darkness; and is supposed to represent the end of a crocodile's tail.

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HORAPOLLO.
BOOK II.

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ΩΡΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΟΣ ΝΕΙΛΩΟΥ
ΙΕΡΟΓΡΑΥΦΙΚΑ

Α ΕΞΗΝΕΓΚΕ ΜΕΝ ΑΥΤΟΣ ΑΙΓΥΠΤΙΑΙ ΦΩΝΗΙ,
ΜΕΤΕΦΡΑΣΕ ΔΕ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΣ ΕΙΣ ΤΗΝ
ΕΛΛΑΔΑ ΔΙΑΛΕΚΤΟΝ

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THE HIEROGLYPHICS OF
HORAPOLLO NILOUS

WHICH HE PUBLISHED IN THE EGYPTIAN TONGUE,
AND WHICH PHILIP TRANSLATED INTO
THE GREEK LANGUAGE.

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HORAPOLLO.
ΒΙΒΛΙΟΝ ΔΕΥΤΕΡΟΝ.
BOOK II.

In this second part of the work, I shall present you with the complete treatise of the remaining subjects: and some also from other writings, which have no explanation, I have deemed it requisite to subjoin.

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I. WHAT THEY SIGNIFY BY DEPICTING A STAR.  1

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When a STAR is depicted by the Egyptians, it sometimes symbolizes God, sometimes evening, sometimes night, sometimes time, and sometimes the soul of a male man.

Footnotes

93:1

I. The Star signer nod. See Book I. c. 13.

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II. WHAT BY AN EAGLET.

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An EAGLET symbolizes something prolific of males, or of a circular form, or the seed of man.

Footnotes

94:1 Treb. omits this chapter.

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III. WHAT BY TWO FEET CONJOINED AND ADVANCING.

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Two FEET CONJOINED AND ADVANCING, symbolize the course of the sun in the winter solstice.

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IV. WHAT BY THE HEART OF A MAN SUSPENDED BY THE WINDPIPE.

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The HEART OF A MAN SUSPENDED BY THE WINDPIPE signifies the mouth of a good man.

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The HEART OF A MAN SUSPENDED BY THE WINDPIPE signifies the mouth of a good man.