A New System, or, an Analysis of Ancient Mythology; Wherein an Attempt is Made to Divest Tradition of Fable; and to Reduce the Truth to Its Original ... in the First Ages, From the Deluge...; V

by Jacob Bryant

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Genres: History

562 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1774

About the author

Jacob Bryant (1715 – 1804) was a British scholar and mythographer, who has been described as "the outstanding figure among the mythagogoues who flourished in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries".