ets celebrate, and which the monuments
represent."[124:4]

Bacchus is made to say:

"I, son of Deus, am come to this land of the Thebans, Bacchus,
whom formerly Semele the daughter of Kadmus brings forth,
being delivered by the lightning-bearing flame: _and having
taken a mortal form_ instead of a god's, I have arrived at the
fountains of Dirce and the water of Ismenus."[124:5]

_Amphion_ was the son of Jupiter and a mortal mother, Antiope, daughter
of Nicetus, King of Boeotia.[124:6]

_Prometheus_, whose name is derived from a Greek word signifying
foresight and providence, was a deity who united the divine and human
nature in one person, and was confessedly both man and god.[124:7]

_Perseus_ was the son of Jupiter by the virgin Danae, daughter of
Acrisius, King of Argos.[124:8] Divine honors were paid him, and a
temple was erected to him in Athens.[124:9]

Justin Martyr (A. D. 140), in his Apology to the Emperor Adrian, says:

"By declaring the Logos, the first-begotten of God, our
Master, Jesus Christ, to be born of a virgin, without any
human mixture, we (Christians) _say no more in this than what
you_ (Pagans) _say of those whom you style the Sons of Jove_.
For you need not be told what a parcel of sons the writers
most in vogue among you assign to Jove. . . .

"As to the Son of God, called Jesus, should we allow him to be
nothing more than man, yet the title of 'the Son of God' is
very justifiable, upon the account of his wisdom, considering
that you (Pagans) have your Mercury in worship under the title
of the Word, a messenger of God. . . .

"As to his (Jesus Christ's) being born of a virgin, _you have
your Perseus to balance that_."[125:1]

_Mercury_ was the son of Jupiter and a mortal mother, Maia, daughter of
Atlas. Cyllene, in Arcadia, is said to have been the scene of his birth
and education, and a magnificent temple was erected to him there.[125:2]

_AEolus_, king of the Lipari Islands, near Sicily, was the son of Jupiter
and a mortal mother, Acasta.[125:3]

_Apollo_ was the son of Jupiter and a mortal mother, Latona.[125:4] Like
Buddha and Lao-Kiun, Apollo, so the Ephesians said, was born under a
tree; Latona, taking shelter under an olive-tree, was delivered
there.[125:5] Then there was joy among the undying gods in Olympus, and
the Earth laughed beneath the smile of Heaven.[125:6]

_Aethlius_, who i