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. Euhemerus (l. c. p. 67) says: "Ibique in eo monte (Panto) aram creat Cœlo, primusque in ea ara Jupiter sacrificavit; in eo loco suspexit in cœlum quod nominatur; idque Jupiter, quod æther vocatur precans primum 'Cœlum' nominavit; eamque hostiam quam ibi sacravit, totam adolevit." And Orpheus (H. iv.), as quoted above, says (—Æsch. P. 491).

c) "Heaven" is "taken to witness," as abode of . "This day I take to witness——Heaven and Earth against you," said Moses to the children of Israel (Deut. iv. 26; xxx. 19; xxxi. 28).

7), like and , rules Heaven, surrounded by his ministers (see Kan-ing-pien, pp. 10, 11; and "San-kiao huen-lew," (pp. 9–20). They are inferior to him, for he alone is Supreme, over them. And as regards and, those inferior Spirits or gods are either their creatures, or their offspring. Porphyrius (in Stob. Ecl. Phys. i. 2, 53) says: "