Eschenburg, Johann Joachim, 1743-1820. [from old catalog], Fiske, Nathan Welby, 1798-1847, [from old catalog] ed. and tr · Philadelphia, E. C. & J. Biddle · leaf 125
Israelites sacrificed their offspring. See Jahn, Bibl. Arch. § 2\\.—Diod. Sic. xx. \i.—Morin, and Freret, Des victimes humaines, Mem. Acad, Inscr. vols. i. andxviii—Origin of human sacrifices. Class. Joum. xiv. 3S2. xvii. 104. 2 u. Saturn was represented by the figure of an old man having a scythe… … p. 11. SUPERIOR GODS. JANUS. RHEA OR CYBELE. »3 3. In our Plate X. fig. 1, he appears in a sitting posture, with a sort of sickle in onehand. In the Sup. Plate 3, he appears with the scythe, a long beard, and wings.—He is also thus described: a decrepit old man, with a long beard and hoary head…
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