BEL AND THE DRAGON, HISTORY OF
- BEL AND THE DRAGON, HISTORY OF
one of the books of the Apocrypha, a spurious addition to the book of Daniel, relates how Daniel persuaded Cyrus of the vanity of idol-worship, and is intended to show its absurdity.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia.
James Wood.
1907.
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