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<p> In the Sept. version of Daniel there occurs, as chap. xiv, an account entitled Bel and the [[Dragon]] (q.v.), which states that at Babylon, under Cyrus, an enormous dragon ( | Dragon At Babylon. <ref name="term_37887" /> | ||
==References == | <p> In the Sept. version of Daniel there occurs, as chap. xiv, an account entitled [[Bel]] and the [[Dragon]] (q.v.), which states that at Babylon, under Cyrus, an enormous dragon ( '''''Δράκων''''' '''''Μέγας''''' ) was worshipped (? by lectisternia, i.e., by spreading viands on a couch as an offering). This serpent-worship, however, is certainly not of [[Babylonian]] origin (see Selden, ''De Diis Syr.'' 2:17, page 365 sq.), since the two silver serpents mentioned by [[Diodorus]] Siculus (2:9) as being in the temple of [[Belus]] (q.v.) were not forms of divinities, but only emblems of the gods there represented; yet possibly the conception had reference to the [[Persian]] symbol of the serpent, which signified [[Ahriman]] ( ''Zendavesta'' , by Kleuker, 1:6). Accordingly the serpent appears also in later [[Jewish]] representations as an evil daemon (Revelation 12, 13; comp. [[Genesis]] 3). (See [[Serpent]]). </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_37887"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/dragon+at+babylon. Dragon At Babylon. from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_37887"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/dragon+at+babylon. Dragon At Babylon. from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Dragon At Babylon. [1]
In the Sept. version of Daniel there occurs, as chap. xiv, an account entitled Bel and the Dragon (q.v.), which states that at Babylon, under Cyrus, an enormous dragon ( Δράκων Μέγας ) was worshipped (? by lectisternia, i.e., by spreading viands on a couch as an offering). This serpent-worship, however, is certainly not of Babylonian origin (see Selden, De Diis Syr. 2:17, page 365 sq.), since the two silver serpents mentioned by Diodorus Siculus (2:9) as being in the temple of Belus (q.v.) were not forms of divinities, but only emblems of the gods there represented; yet possibly the conception had reference to the Persian symbol of the serpent, which signified Ahriman ( Zendavesta , by Kleuker, 1:6). Accordingly the serpent appears also in later Jewish representations as an evil daemon (Revelation 12, 13; comp. Genesis 3). (See Serpent).
