Onan : of On (Heliopolis), ancient city of Egypt, noted for worship of Helios (q.v.).
... subtle, if you choose. The head of all Assyria's state ecclesiastical, Assured a twentieth of my revenues, And right of all the offerings votaries heap On Mithra, that's promotion more than any Onan can give, the sullen silent slave, Or Ikbal Sufa with his politic brain. ACHAB Why that? ESARHADDON You think I do not know! I see Each motion of your close conspiring brains, Achab. ...
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