Hellen.—“The sons of the above were Hellen and Amphictyon. Hellen was king of Phthia in Thessaly. Amphictyon was said to have founded the Amphictyonic of Thermopylae.”—Scull’s “Greek Mythology Systematized.”
Deucalion and Pyrrha.—“Deucalion, king of Phthia, in Thessaly, son of Prometheus and Clymene. According to tradition, being forewarned by his father of an approaching deluge, he built a ship in which he and his wife Pyrrha were saved from an inundation which destroyed all the rest of mankind,” etc.—The American Cyclopedia.
Hellen.—“The Greeks were fond of tracing their origin back to a common ancestor, Hellen, the son of Deucalion and Pyrrha who were the survivors of a deluge,” etc.—Page 107, Vol. VIII, American Cyclopedia.
Orichalcum.—“That which is now only a name, and was then something more than a name—orichalcum—was dug out of the earth in many parts of the island, and, with the exception of gold, was esteemed the most precious of metals among the men of those days.”—Plato.
Spiral.—“A favorite design of the men of the Bronze Age in Europe is the spiral or double spiral form.”... “We find the same figure in an ancient fragment of pottery from the Little Colorado.”... “The same design is also found in ancient rock etchings of the Zunis of New Mexico.”—Ignatius Donnelly.
Handmaid.—“And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah, Zilpah his maid, for an handmaid.”—Genesis xxix: 24.
Feather Robes.—The Maya nobles of ancient Yucatan wore fine robes of feather work on all occasions.—Author.
Magnet.—“The Phœnicians were familiar with the use of the magnet. At the prow of their vessels stood the figure of a woman (Astarte) holding a cross in one hand and pointing the way with the other; the cross represented the compass, which was a magnetized needle, floating in water crosswise upon a piece of reed or wood.”—Ignatius Donnelly.
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