re are in Gruter inscriptions, wherein he has the title of
Semon prefixed, and is also styled Sanctus.

[146]SANCTO. SANCO.
SEMONI. DEO. FIDIO.
SACRUM.

Semon (Sem-On) signifies Coelestis Sol.

Some of the antients thought that the soul of man was a divine emanation; a
portion of light from the Sun. Hence, probably, it was called Zoan from
that luminary; for so we find it named in Macrobius. [147]Veteres nullum
animal sacrum in finibus suis esse patiebantur; sed abigebant ad fines
Deorum, quibus sacrum esset: animas vero sacratorum hominum, quos Graeci
[Greek: ZOANAS] vocant Diis debitas aestimabant.

DI, DIO, DIS, DUS.

Another common name for the Deity was Dis, Dus, and the like; analogous to
Deus, and Theos of other nations. The Sun was called Arez in the east, and
compounded Dis-arez, and Dus-arez; which signifies Deus Sol. The name is
mentioned by Tertullian[148]. Unicuique etiam provinciae et civitati suus
Deus est, ut Syriae Astarte, Arabiae Dysares. Hesychius supposes the Deity to
have been the same as Dionusus. [Greek: Dousaren ton Dionuson Nabataioi
(kalousin), hos Isidoros.] There was a high mountain, or promontory, in
[149]Arabia, denominated from this Deity: analogous to which there was one
in Thrace, which had its name [150]from Dusorus, or the God of light, Orus.
I took notice, that Hercules, or the chief Deity among the Indians, was
called Dorsanes: he had also the name of Sandis, and Sandes; which
signifies Sol Deus. [151][Greek: Belon men ton Dia tuchon, Sanden te ton
Heraklea, kai Anaitida ten Aphroditen, kai allos allous ekaloun.] Agathias
of the people in the east. Probably the Deity Bendis, whose rites were so
celebrated in Phrygia and Thrace, was a compound of Ben-Dis, the offspring
of God. The natives of this country represented Bendis as a female; and
supposed her to be the same as [152]Selene, or the moon. The same Deity was
often masculine and feminine: what was Dea Luna in one country, was Deus
Lunus in another.

KUR, [Greek: KYROS], CURA.

The Sun was likewise named Kur, Cur, [Greek: Kuros]. [153][Greek: Kuron gar
kalein Persas ton Helion]. Many places were sacred to this Deity, and
called Cura, Curia, Curopolis, Curene, Cureschata, Curesta, Curestica
regio. Many rivers in Persis, Media, Iberia, were denominated in the same
manner. The term is sometimes expressed Corus: hence Corusia in Scythia. Of
this term I shall say more hereafter.

COHEN, or CAHEN.

Cohen, which seems, among