POSEIDON.

LONDON: PRINTED BY

SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE AND PARLIAMENT STREET

OTHER

A LINK BETWEEN SEMITE, HAMITE, AND ARYAN.

BEING

AN ATTEMPT TO TRACE THE CULTUS OF THE GOD TO

ITS SOURCES, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE HISTORY OF
THE KYKLÔPES, HYKSOS, PHOENICIANS, AITHIOPES

OR CUSHITES, AND PHILISTINES.

CONTENTS.

SECTION

I. IMPERFECT SUPREMACY OF THE HOMERIC ZEUS .

II. POSIDÔNIC THEORY OF THE REV. G. W. Cox

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III.

SUGGESTIONS AS TO THE MEANING OF THE NAME

POSEIDON

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IV. MR. Cox's TREATMENT OF THE CONNECTION BE-