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δυώδεκα θεῶν. For the Egyptian Pantheon in H. cf. c. 145 nn. Here he only means that the names of the twelve chief gods of the Greek Pantheon were Egyptian (c. 52). For the pictures of the Egyptian gods cf. B. M. G. pp. 123 seq.

ζῷα (cf. i. 70. 1 n.); not the hieroglyphs (which the Greeks did not borrow), but ‘figures’ of animals, men, plants, &c., e.g. on the scarab, worn as amulets; these were largely exported to Greece.

Μῖνα: cf. c. 99 n.

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