JANUS

"The god of the gods", says of himself, "The ancients...called me Chaos." Proper name is Eanus. In ancient Chaldee E-anush signifies "the man, this name was applied to the Babylonian messiah to identify him with the promised seed of the woman. The Egyptian form is Ph’anesh. Represented as a two-headed god, "who had lived in two worlds."

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Ja″nus (?), n. [[L. See January.]] (Rom. Antiq.) A Latin deity represented with two faces looking in opposite directions. Numa is said to have dedicated to Janus the covered passage at Rome, near the Forum, which is usually called the Temple of Janus. This passage was open in war and closed in peace. Dr. W. Smith. Janus cloth, a fabric having both sides dressed, the sides being of different colors, — used for reversible garments.