p.  60,  s  ;  Ukcrt,  GfW7.  d.  GrieA  u.  Rm.  rol.  L
pi.  ii.  p.  116;  Grote,  Hilary  of  Ortece,  ToL  il
pp.  15+,  lis.)  The  neit  piu«ge,  in  order  of
time,  il  Ihal  in  which  Hcrodolui  (ii.  103)  nji
that  thn  Greek)  lainit  from  the  Babjloniani  ^\ar
ical  yriiiora  ifal  tI  tmiKaiSlKa  liipta  t^t  V'CI^
whne  the  later  canunenliitan  and  leiicographen
for  the  miMt  pert  piplain  the  vocd  u  mcanini  im
aslronomical  iQitrnmeDt,  different  fram  the  yviiatr
or  nu  diuL  Mr,  Orate  (I.  n,)  interpret*  the  ptu-
Mgo  as  ligntiying  that  the  Oreet«  "  acqnir.-d  from
the  BabjToniam  the  conception  of  the  polt,  or  of
the  heavens  «  a  romplela  hollow  ipherc,  roroliing
round  and  encloiing  the  eu-lL"  But  Herodoliu
certainly  teemi  to  he  ipOikinj  of  lomelhing  more
definite  and  tpeciBc  than  &  mere  conception  reipccl-
ing  the  ikf  ;  and,  an  the  vhole,the  msat  prebable
explanation  il  that  of  Scaliger  and  Salmatiui,  ai
modified  bj  recent  aatronomera  and  icholan  (lee
Bsillj,  Delarnbre,  Letronne,  and  Creuzer,  ai  quoted
by  Ruhr,  ad  toe.),  namely,  that  the  word  Biipiifiei
tke  coneapeAfmujAeriaairHn-diai^JtiStAt  in  Itnilation
of  the  heaTenly  ipbsrc,  and  hence  called  by  the
■nme  name,  iri\ot,  which  wai  the  earliest  fann  of
the  lun-dial,  inaimuch  aa  it  required  leea  ikiti  than
the  dcltnealion  of  a  lun-dial  on  a  plane  furface.
