Archæologiæ Græcæ, or, The antiquities of Greece by John Potter ...

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So call'd from 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, i. e. Brass, because it was celebrated in memory of the first Invention of working that Metal, which is owing to Athens (h) 1.1. It was call'd 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, because 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, i. e. the whole Athenian Nation, assembled to celebrate it. Sometimes also this Festival was call'd 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, because it was kept in honour of

〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, or Minerva, who was the Goddess of all sorts of Arts, and Inventions, and upon that account nam'd 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, from 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, i. e. work. Afterwards it was only kept by Mechanicks, and Handy-crafts∣men, especially those concern'd in Brass-work, and that in honour of Vulcan, who was the God of Smiths, and the first that taught the Athenians the use of Brass.

Notes

• (h) 1.1

  Eustathius Iliad. 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. Suidas, Harpocration, Etymologici Auctor.