Strabo supposes that the Campus Hyrcanus was so named from the Persians; as also Κυρου πεδιον, near it; but they seem to have been so denominated ab origine. The river Organ, which ran, into the Mæander from the Campus Hyrcanus, was properly Ur-chan. Ancyra was An-cura, so named a fonte Solis κυρος γαρ ὁ ἡλιος. All the names throughout the country have a correspondence: all relate either to the soil, or the religion of the natives; and betray a great antiquity. [646] Ptolemy. Geog. l. 2. c. 11. [647] Mentioned in Pliny's Panegyric: and in Seneca; consolatio ad Helv. l. 6. Aristotle in Meteoris. [648] Here was one of the fountains of the Danube. Ιστρος τε γαρ ποταμος αρξαμενος εκ Κελτων και Πυρηνης πολιος ῥεει, μεσην σχιζων την Ευρωπην. Herodotus. l. 2. c. 33. [649] See Cluverii Germania. [650] Beatus Rhenanus. Rerum Germanic. l. 3. [651] It is called by the Swiss, Le Grand Brenner: by the other Germans, Der gross Verner. Mount Cænis, as we term it, is properly Mount Chen-Is, Mons Dei Vulcani. It is called by the people of the country Monte Canise; and is part of the Alpes Cottiæ. Cluver. Ital. vol. 1. l. 1. c. 32. p. 337. Mons Geneber. Jovij. [652] See Marcellinus. l. 15. c. 10. p. 77. and the authors quoted by Cluverius. Italia Antiqua above. They are styled Αλπεις Σκουτιαι by Procopius: Rerum Goth. l. 2. Marcellinus thinks, that a king Cottius gave name to these Alps in the time of Augustus, but Cottius was the national title of the king; as Cottia was of the nation: far prior to the time of Augustus. [653] Pliny. l. 3. c. 20. Cottianæ civitates duodecim. [654] Scholia upon Apollonius. l. 2. v. 677. [655] Τουτων δε εστι και ἡ του Ιδεοννου γη, και ἡ του Κοττιου. Strabo. l. 4. p. 312 [656] Tacitus de Moribus Germanorum. [657] Gruter. vol. 1. p. 138. [658] Fulgentius: Mytholog. l. 1. c. 25. p. 655. [659] Lactantius de falsa Relig. vol. 1. l. 1. c. 11. p. 47. To these instances add the worship of Seatur, and Thoth, called Thautates. See Clunerii Germania. l. 1. c. 26. p. 188 and 189. [660] 2 Chronicles. c. 8. v. 4. [661] Porphyry de Antro Nympharum. p. 262. Edit. Cantab. 1655. He speaks of Zoroaster: Αυτοφυες σπηλαιον εν τοις πλησιον ορεσι της Περσιδος ανθηρον, και πηγας εχον, ανιερωσαντος εις τιμην του παντων ποιητου, και πατρος Μιθρου. p. 254. Clemens Alexandrinus mentions, Βαραθων στοματα τερατειας εμπλεα. Cohortatio ad Gentes. Αντρα μεν δη δικαιως οι παλαιοι, και σπηλαια, τῳ κοσμῳ καθιερουν. Porphyry de Antro Nymph. p. 252. There was oftentimes an olive-tree planted near these caverns, as in the Acropolis at Athens, and in Ithaca. Αυταρ επι κρατος λιμενος τανυφυλλος Ελαια, Αγχοθι δ' αυτης Αντρον. Homer de Antro Ithacensi. Odyss. l. ε. v. 346. [662] Lycophron. v. 208. Scholia. [663] Pausanias. l. x. p. 898. I imagine that the word caverna, a cavern, was denominated originally Ca-Ouran, Domus Cœlestis, vel Domus Dei, from the supposed sanctity of such places. [664] Strabo. l. 9. p. 638.