of the Chaldeans.
[174] Proclus in Timæum. l. 1. p. 31.
See Iablonsky. l. 1. c. 3. p. 57.
Clemens Alexand. Strom. l. 1. p. 356.
It is remarkable that the worshippers of Wishnou, or Vistnou in India, are now called Petacares, and are distinguished by three red lines on their foreheads. The priests of Brama have the same title, Petac Arez, the priests of Arez, or the Sun. Lucæ Viecampii Hist. Mission. Evangel. in India, 1747. c. 10. §. 3. p. 57.
[175] Eubebius. Præp. Evang. l. 1. c. 10. p. 34.
[176] Damascius apud Photium. c. 243.
Belus primus Rex Assyriorum, quos constat Saturnum (quem eundem et Solem dicunt) Junonemque coluisse. Servius in Virg. Æneid. l. 1.
[177] Theoph. ad Antolycum. l. 3. p. 399. Μη γινωσκοντες, μητε τις εστιν ὁ Κρονος, μητε τις εστιν ὁ Βηλος. Idem.
[178] Psalm 92. v. 10.