[193] The father of one of the goddesses, called Diana, had the name of Upis. Cicero de Naturâ Deorum. l. 3. 23. It was conferred upon Diana herself; also upon Cybele, Rhea, Vesta, Terra, Juno. Vulcan was called Opas, Cicero de Nat. Deor. l. 3. Ops was esteemed the Goddess of riches: also, the Deity of fire: Ωπι ανασσα, πυρα προθυρος, πυρ προ των θυρων. Hesychius. Την Αρτεμιν Θρακες Βενδειαν, Κρητες δε Δικτυναν, Λακεδαιμονιοι δε Ουπιν (καλουσι.) Palæphatus. c. 32. p. 78. [194] Callimachus. Hymn to Diana. v. 204. [195] Sidonius Apollinaris. Carm. 9. v. 190. [196] Αινων εγγυς του Σαλειμ. Eusebius de locorum nominibus in sacrâ Script. Ain On, tons solis. Salim is not from Salem, peace; but from Sal, the Sun, the Sol of the Latines. Salim, Aquæ solis; also Aquæ salsæ. [197] St. John. c. 3. v. 23. [198] Pythagoras used to swear by τετρακτυν παγαν αενναου φυσεως. See Stanley of the Chaldaic Philosophy, and Selden de Diis Syris. Synt. 2. c. 1. p. 135. Και πηγη πηγων, και πηγων πειρας ἁπασων. Oracle concerning the Deity, quoted in notes to Iamblichus. p. 299. [199] Athenagor. Legatio. p. 293. [200] The Amonians dealt largely in fountain worship: that is, in the adoration of subordinate dæmons; which they supposed to be emanations and derivatives from their chief Deity. They called them Zones, Intelligences, Fountains, &c. See Psellus and Stanley upon the Chaldaic Philosophy. p. 17. c. 3. See Proclus on the Theology of Plato. l. 5. c. 34. p. 315. [201] Edita de magno flumine Nympha fui. Ovid. Epist. 5. v. 10. Some make her the daughter of Cebrenus; others of the river Xanthus. [202] Plin. N. H. l. 4. c. 12. [203] Joshua. c. 1. 19. v. 38. [204] Macrobius. Sat. l. 1. c. 7. p. 151. [205] Fontis stagna Numici. Virg. l. 7. 150. Egeria est, quæ præbet aquas, Dea grata Camœnis. Ovid. See Plutarch. Numa. [206] It is my opinion that there are two events recorded by Moses, Gen. c. 10. throughout; and Gen. c. 11. v. 8. 9. One was a regular migration of mankind in general to the countries allotted to them: the other was a dispersion which related to some particulars. Of this hereafter I shall treat at large. [207] Νασον Σικελαν. Theocritus. Idyll. 1. v. 124. Γυναικα τε θησατο μαζον. Homer II. Ω. v. 58. Σκυθην ες οιμον, αβατον εις ερημιαν. Æschyl. Prometh. v. 2. To give instances in our own language would be needless. [208] Joshua. c. 19. v. 8. Baalath-Beer, the well or spring of Baal-Ath. [209] The Jews often took foreign names; of which we have instances in Onias, Hyrcanus, Barptolemæus, &c. Solinus, c. 25. mentions an altar found in North-Britain, inscribed to Ulysses: but Goropius Becanus very truly supposes it to have been dedicated to the Goddess Elissa, or Eliza. Ab Elissâ Tyriâ, quam quidam Dido autumant. Velleius Paterculus. l. 1. Elisa, quamdiu Carthago invicta fuit, pro Deâ culta est. Justin. l. 18. c. 6.