[145] Dionysius Halicarnass. Antiq. Rom. l. 4. p. 246. St. Austin supposes the name to have been Sanctus. Sabini etiam Regem suum primum Sancum, sive, ut aliqui appellant, Sanctum, retulerunt inter deos. Augustinus de Civitate Dei. l. 18. c. 19. The name was not of Roman original; but far prior to Rome. [146] Gruter. Inscript. vol. 1. p. 96. n. 6. Semoni Sanco Deo Fidio. n. 5. Sanco Fidio Semo Patri. n. 7 Sanco Deo Patr. Reatin. sacrum. n. 8. From San came the Latine terms, sanus, sano, sanctus, sancire. Vossius derives San, or Zan, from שנד, sævire. De Idol. l. 1. c. 22. p. 168. [147] Macrobii Saturn. l. 3. c. 8. p. 282. Hence, perhaps, came ζωειν and ζην to live: and ζωον, animal: and hence the title of Apollo Ζηνοδοτηρ. [148] Tertullian. Apolog. c. 24. [149] Δουσαρη (lege Δουσαρης) σκοπελος και κορυφη ὑψηλοτατη Αραβιας· ειρηται δ' απο του Δουσαρου. Θεος δε ὁυτος παρα Αραψι και Δαχαρηνοις τιμωμενος. Stephanus Byz. Δους, Dous, is the same as Deus. Δους-Αρης, Deus Sol. [150] Δυσωρον καλεομενον ουρος. Herod. l. 5. c. 17. [151] Agathias. l. 2. p. 62. [152] Το ονομα τουτο Θρακον ἡ Βενδις· ὁυτω και Θρακος θεολογου μετα των πολλων της Σεληνης ονοματων και την Βενδιν εις την θεον αναπεμψαντος. Πλουτωνη τε, και Ευφροσυνη, Βενδις τε κραταια. Ex Proclo. See Poesis Philosophica. Edit. H. Steph. p. 91. [153] Plutarch. in Artaxerxe. p. 1012. [154] Virgil. Æneis. l. 3. v. 80. Majorum enim hæc erat consuetudo, ut Rex esset etiam Sacerdos, et Pontifex: unde hodieque Imperatores Pontifices dicamus. Servii Scholia ibidem. [155] Ὁι δ' Ἱερεις το παλαιον μεν δυνασται τινες ησαν. Strabo. l. 12. p. 851. It is spoken particularly of some places in Asia Minor. [156] Pythodorus, the high priest of Zela and Comana in Armenia, was the king of the country. Ην ὁ Ἱερευς κυριος των παντων. Strabo. l. 12. p. 838. [157] Etymologicum Magnum. Κυναδης Ποσειδων Αθηνῃσιν ετιματο. Hesychius. [158] Genesis. c. 14. v. 19. אל עליון קנה שמים. Sabacon of Ethiopia was Saba Con, or king of Saba. [159] Strabo. l. 16. p. 1074. [160] Ptolem. Geogr. lib. 5. cap. 19 p. 165. He places very truly the Orcheni upon the Sinus Persicus: for they extended so far. Παρακειται τῃ ερημῳ Αραβιᾳ ἡ Χαλδαια χωρα. Idem. l. 5. c. 20. p. 167. [161] Plin. H. N. l. 6. c. 27. [162] Ezra. c. 5. v. 6. c. 4. v. 9-17. [163] The priests in Egypt, among other titles, were called Sonchin, sive Solis Sacerdotes, changed to Σογχης in the singular. Pythagoras was instructed by a Sonchin, or priest of the Sun. It is mentioned as a proper name by Clemens Alexandr. Strom. l. 1. p. 356. And it might be so: for priests were denominated from the Deity, whom they served. [164] See Observations upon the Antient History of Egypt. p. 164. [165] Description de la Ville de Pekin. p. 5. He mentions Chao Kong. p. 3. [166] See Observations and Inquiries. p. l63. [167] Diodorus Siculus. l. 1. p. 25. [168] L. 3. c. 61. [169] L. 7. c. 40.