This Bacchus is supposed, by many learned men, to be Moses. […] Pirithous, king of the Lapithæ, a people of Thessaly, was his friend, and his companion in many of his enterprises. […] Yes, many. […] Prometheus was venerated as the inventor of many useful arts. […] The Hindû Mythology resembles, in many respects, that of the Scythians, the ancient Persians, Egyptians, and Greeks.