[118] It was an obsolete term, but to be traced in its derivatives. From Ees-El came Ασυλον, Asylum: from El-Ees, Elis, Elissa, Eleusis, Eleusinia Sacra, Elysium, Elysii campi in Egypt and elsewhere. [119] Of those places called Lasa many instances might be produced. The fountain at Gortyna in Crete was very sacred, and called Lasa, and Lysa. There was a tradition, that Jupiter when a child was washed in its waters: it was therefore changed to Λουσα. Pausanias says, ὑδωρ ψυχροτατον παρεχεται ποταμων. l. 8. p. 685. In Judea were some medicinal waters and warm springs of great repute, at a place called of old Lasa. Lasa ipsa est, quæ nunc Callirrhoë dicitur, ubi aquæ calidæ in Mare Mortuum defluunt. Hieron. in Isaiam. c. 17. 19. Ἡρωδης τοις κατα Καλλιῤῥοην θερμοις εκεχρητο. Josephus de B. J. l. 1. c. 33. Alesa, urbs et fons Siciliæ. Solinus. c. 11. The fountain was of a wonderful nature. [120] Strabo. l. 5. p. 385. [121] Strabo. l. 15. p. 1029. [122] Strabo. l. 4. p. 314. [123] Strabo. l. 6. p. 421. [124] Strabo. l. 14. p. 951. Here was a cavern, which sent forth a most pestilential vapour. Diodorus Sic. l. 4. p. 278. [125] Voyages de Monconys. Parte 2de. p. 38. [126] Sulmo mihi patria est, gelidis uberrimus undis. Ovid. Tristia. l. 5. Eleg. 10. v. 3. [127] John. c. 3. v. 23. Ην δε και Ιωαννης βαπτιζων εν Αινων εγγυς Σαλειμ· so denominated by the antient Canaanites. [128] Pausanias. l. 7. p. 535. The city Arles in Provence was famed for medicinal waters. The true name was Ar-Ales, the city of Ales: it was also called Ar-El-Ait, or Arelate. [129] Herodotus. l. 4. c. 52. [130] Pausanias. l. 8. p. 659. [131] Pausanias. l. 7. p. 535. [132] Strabo. l. 12. p. 812. [133] Strabo. l. 12. p. 839. [134] Gaspar Brechenmaker. § 45. p. 57 [135] Tacitus. Annal. l. 13. c. 57. From this antient term As, or Az, many words in the Greek language were derived: such as αζομαι, veneror; αζω, ξηραινω; αζαλεον, θερμον; αζα, ασβολος; αζωπες, αι ξηραι εκ της θεωριας. Hesychius. [136] Cyril. contra Julianum. l. 10. p. 342. And Iamblich. in vitâ Pythagoræ. Ζαν Κρονου. Lactantii Div. Institut. l. 1. c. 11. p. 53. Ζαν, Ζευς. Hesychius. [137] Joshua. c. 19. v. 33. Judges. c. 4. v. 11. Also Tzaanan. Micah. c. 1. v. 11. Solis Fons. [138] Relandi Palæstina. v. 2. p. 983. [139] Diodorus Siculus. l. 2. p. 90. [140] 1 Samuel. c. 31. v. 9, 10. [141] Joshua. c. 15. v. 31. [142] Pausanias. l. 5. p. 430. Ζανα, Ζονα, Ξοανα· all names of the same purport, all statues of the Sun, called Zan, Zon, Zoan, Xoan. [143] Silius Italicus. l. 8. v. 421. [144] Lactantius, de F. R. l. 1. p. 65. Fit sacrificium, quod est proficiscendi gratiâ, Herculi, aut _Sanco_, qui idem deus est. Festus.