[405] Apollonius Rhodius styles it Cutais: Κυταϊδος ηθεα γαιης. l. 4. v. 512. [406] See De Lisle's curious map of Armenia and the adjacent parts of Albania, &c. [407] Pausanias. l. 1. p. 40. There was a river Acheron in Elis. Strabo. l. 8. p. 530. And the same rites were observed in honour of the θεος μυιαγρος, that were practised in Cyrene. Clement. Cohort. p. 33. In Pontus was a river Acheron. Ειθα δε και προχοαι ποταμου Αχεροντος εασιν. Apollon. Argonaut. l. 2. v. 745. also ακρα Αχερουσια. The like to be found near Cuma in Campania: and a story of Hercules driving away flies there also. Ῥωμαιοι δε απομυιῳ Ἡρακλει (θυουσι). Clementis Cohort. ibid. [408] Varro de Ling. Lat. lib. 5. p. 49. altered to Novella by some, contrary to the authority of the best MSS. See Scaliger's notes. p. 81. edit. anno 1619. Dordrechti. See Selden de Diis Syris. Syntag. 2. c. 2. p. 174. In vetustioribus excusis de Re Rusticâ non Novella, sed Covella legitur. Covella autem Cœlestis, sive Urania interpretatur. [409] Ennii Annal. l. 1. [410] The Persians worshipped Cœlus; which is alluded to by Herodotus, when he says, that they sacrificed upon eminences: Τον κυκλον παντα του Ουρανου Δια καλεοντες. l. 1. c. 131. To the same purpose Euripides; Ὁρας τον ὑψου τον δ' απειρον' αιθερα, Τον γην περιξ εχονθ' ὑγραις εν αγκυλαις; Τουτον νομιζε Ζηνα, τον δ' ἡγου Δια. Clement. Alexand. Strom. l. 5. p. 717. Plutarch. p. 369. p. 424. Aspice hoc sublime candens, quem invocant omnes Jovem. Cicero de Naturâ Deor. l. 1. [411] Αλλ' Αθηναιοι μεν Κελεον, και Μεγανειραν ἱδρυνται Θεους. Athenag. Legat. p. 290. [412] Abulfeda. Tabula Syriæ. p. 5. Nassir Ettusæus. p. 93. apud Geog. vet. [413] The city Argos was in like manner called Κοιλον. Πολλακις το· Αργος Κοιλον φησι, καθαπερ εν Επιγονοις. Το ΚΟΙΛΟΝ Αργος ουκ ετ' οικησοντ' ετι.--ετι και εν Θαμυρα, Αργεϊ Κοιλῳ. Scholia in Sophoc. Œdipum Colon. [414] Iliad. Β. v. 615. [415] Strabo. l. 8. p. 529. [416] Strabo. l. 8. p. 534. [417] Janus Gulielmus Laurenbergius, Antiquarius. [418] Φαινοιατο αν εοντες ὁι των Δωριεων ἡγεμονες Αιγυπτιοι ιθαγενεες. Herod. l. 6. c. 54. Of their original and history I shall hereafter give a full account. [419] Ὁποσα δε ᾳδουσιν εν τῳ Πρυτανειῳ, φωνη μεν εστι αυτων ἡ Δωριος. Pausanias. l. 5. p. 4l6. [420] Tum primum subiere domos; domus antra fuere. Ovid. Metamorph. l. 1. v. 121. [421] Strabo. l. 8. p. 564. It is mentioned by Thucydides: Ες τον Καιαδαν, ὁυπερ τους κακουργους εμβαλλειν ειωθεισαν (ὁι Λακεδαιμονιοι.) l. 1. c. 134. It is expressed Κεαδας by Pausanias; who says that it was the place, down which they threw Aristomenes, the Messenian hero. l. 4. p. 324. [422] Strabo. Ibidem. [423] Huic monstro Vulcanus erat pater: illius atros Ore vomens ignes, magna se mole ferebat. Virgil. Æn. l. 8. v. 193. [424] Strabo. l. 8. p. 564. [425] Iliad. l. 1. v. 266. [426] Iliad. Β. v. 581. Odyss. Δ. v. 1. Ὁιδ' ιξον ΚΟΙΛΗΝ Λακεδαιμονα ΚΗΤΩΕΣΣΑΝ.