Ευρυτατη φιαλη τις ιασπιδος εκτομος ακρης. Paulus Silentiarius. part 11. v. 177. See Relandus above. [350] Plin. l. 5. c. 18. [351] Athanasii Epist. ad solitariam vitam agentes. p. 658. [352] Epiphanius adversus Hæres. l. 2. tom. 2. p. 719. [353] See the learned Professor Michaelis in his Geographia Extera Hebræor. p. 134, 135. [354] The Ionians changed this termination into e. Hence Arene, Camissene, Cyrene, Arsace, Same, Capissene, Thebe, &c. [355] Colchis was called Aia simply, and by way of eminence: and, probably, Egypt had the same name; for the Colchians were from Egypt. Strabo mentions Ιασονος πλουν τον εις Αιαν. l. 1. p. 38. And Apollonius styles the country of Colchis Aia. Αια γεμην ετι νυν μενει εμπεδον, ὑιωνοι τε Των δ' ανδρων, ὁυς ὁστγε καθιστατο ναιεμεν Αιαν. l. 4. v. 277. [356] Lib. 5. c. 14. [357] Coronus is to be met with in Greece. He is mentioned as a king of the Lapithæ, and the son of Phoroneus; and placed near mount Olympus. --Ὡν εβασιλευσε Κορωνος. ὁ φορωνεως. Diodorus. l. 4. p. 242. [358] Upon the Euphrates. [359] A city in Parthia. [360] Calamon, or Cal-Amon, was a hill in Judea; which had this name given to it by the Canaanites of old. Cyril mentions--αφικομενοι τινες απο του ΟΡΟΥΣ Καλαμωνος--in epistolâ ad Calosyrium. [361] 1 Kings. c. 15. v. 27. [362] In Canaan was a well known region called Palæstine. So Tan-agra, Tan-is, Tyndaris. Tin, in some languages, signified mud or soil. [363] Ptolemy. l. 4. p. 112. [364] See Amos. c. 9. v. 7. [365] Jeremiah. c. 47. v. 4. speaks of the island of Caphtor in Egypt. [366] Theocritus. Idyll. 2. v. 45. Scholia. It is still common in the Arabian Gulf, and in India; and is often expressed Dive, and Diva; as in Lacdive, Serandive, Maldive. Before Goa is an island called Diu κατ' εξοχην. [367] Βαιθηλ, οικος Θεου. Hesychius. Βαιθηλ, θεοις ναος. Suidas. [368] Elisa, called Eliza, Elesa, Eleasa, Ελεασα. 1 Maccab. c. 9. v. 5. and c. 7. v. 40. often contracted Lesa, Lasa, &c. [369] Pocock's Travels. vol. 2. p. 106. [370] Iablonsky. vol. 1. l. 1. c. 1. p. 4. de Gulielmo Tyrio, ex libro 21. c. 6. [371] Herodotus. l. 2. c. 41. [372] Strabo. l. 17. p. 1167. [373] Ταυτα μεν ουν Ερατοσθενης ἱστορηκεν· την δε μεγαλην μαχην προς Δαρειον ουκ εν Αρβηλοις--αλλα εν Γαυγαμηλοις γενεσθαι συνεπεσεν· σημαινειν δε φασιν οικον Καμηλου την διαλεκτον. Plutarch. vita Alexand. vol. 1. p. 683. Strabo says the same. Εστι μεν ουν τοπος επισημος ὁυτος, και τ' ουνομα· μεθερμηνευθεν γαρ εστι Καμηλου οικος. l. 16. p. 1072. [374] Ὁι μεν τα πλειστα συγγραψαντες λεγουσιν, ὁτι ἑξακοσιους σταδιους απεχει, ὁιδε τα ελαχιστα, ὁτι ες πεντακοσιους. Αλλα εν Γαυγαμηλοις γαρ γενεσθαι την μαχην προς τῳ ποταμῳ Βουμαδῳ λεγει Πτολεμαιος και Αριστοβουλος· πολις δε ουκ ην τα Γαυγαμηλα, αλλα κωμη μεγαλη, ουδε ονομαστος ὁ χωρος, ουδε εις ακοην ἡδυ το ονομα. Arrian. Expedit. Alex. l. 6. p. 247. [375] Strabo. l. 16. p. 1072.