[702] Και θυουσι Περσαι πυρι, επιφορουντες αυτῳ την πυρος τροφην, επιλεγοντες, Πυρ, Δεσποτα, εσθιε. Maximus Tyrius. Dissert. 8. p. 83. [703] See Lycophron. v. 447. and Stephanus. Κυπρος. Κεραστιδος εις χθονα Κυπρου. Nonni Dionys. l. iv. [704] Hospes erat cæsus. Ovid. Metamorph. l. x. v. 228. [705] Ovid. Metamorph. l. x. v. 228. [706] Strabo. l. 10. p. 684. [707] Solinus. cap. 17. Pliny takes notice of the city Carystus. Eubœa--Urbibus clara quondam Pyrrhâ, Orco, Geræsto, Carysto, Oritano, &c. aquisque callidis, quæ Ellopiæ vocantur, nobilis. l. 4, c. 12. [708] Εν τοις Κασταβαλοις εστι το της Περασιας Αρτεμιδος ἱερον, ὁπου φασι τας ἱερειας γυμνοις τοις ποσι δι' ανθρακιαν βαδιζειν απαθεις. Strabo. l. 12 p. 811. [709] Μιθρας ὁ ἡλιος παρα Περσαις. Hesych. Μιθρης ὁ πρωτος εν Περσαις Θεος. Ibidem. Mithra was the same. Elias Cretensis in Gregorij Theologi Opera. [710] Elias Cretensis. Ibidem. In like manner Nonnus says, that there could be no initiation--Αχρις ὁυ τας ογδοηκοντα κολασεις παρελθοι. In Nazianzeni Steliteutic. 2. [711] Και τοτε λοιπον εμυουσι αυτον τα τελεωτερα, εαν ζησῃ. Nonnus supra. [712] Account of Persia, by Jonas Hanway, Esq. vol. 3. c. 31, 32. p. 206. [713] Εικονα φεροντος σπηλαιου του Κοσμου. Por. de Ant. Nymph. p. 254. [714] Μετα δε τουτον τον Ζωροαστρην κρατησαντος και παρ' αλλοις δι' αντρων και σπηλαιων, ειτ' ουν αυτοφυων, ειτε χειροποιητων, τας τελετας αποδιδοναι. Porph. de Antro Nymph. p. 108. The purport of the history of Mithras, and of the cave from whence he proceeded, I shall hereafter shew. Jupiter was nursed in a cave; and Proserpine, Κορη Κοσμου, nursed in a cave: ὡσαυτως και ἡ Δημητηρ εν αντρῳ τρεφει την Κορην μετα Νυμφων· και αλλα τοιαυτα πολλα ἑυρησει τις επιων τα των θεολογων. Porph. ibid. p. 254. [715] Numbers. c. 22. v. 41. Leviticus. c. 26. v. 30. [716] 2 Kings. c. 16. v. 3, 4. [717] 1 Kings. c. 22. v. 43. 2 Kings. c. 12. v. 3. c. 15. v. 4-35. [718] There were two sorts of high places. The one was a natural eminence; a hill or mountain of the earth. The other was a factitious mound, of which I shall hereafter treat at large. [719] Numbers. c. 22. v. 41. and c. 23. v. 14-28. [720] Preface of Demetrius Moschus to Orpheus de Lapidibus--Θειοδαμαντι του Πριαμου συνηντησεν Ορφευς--κτλ. [721] Strabo. l. 15. p. 1064. Περσας επι τα ὑψηλοτατα των ορεων θυσιας ερδειν. Herodotus. l. 2. c. 131. Some nations, instead of an image, worshipped the hill as the Deity--Επεφημισαν δε και Διι αγαλματα ὁι πρωτοι ανθρωποι κορυφας ορον, Ολυμπον, και Ιδην, και ει τι αλλο ορος πλησιαζει τῳ Ουρανῳ. Maximus Tyrius Dissert. 8. p. 79. [722] Appian de Bello Mithridatico. p. 215. Edit. Steph. He, by an hyperbole, makes the pile larger than the apex on which it stood. [723] Virgil. l. 5. v. 760. [724] Hist. Japan. vol. 2d. book 5. c. 3. p. 417. [725] Παν δε ορος του Διος ορος ονομαζεται, επει εθος ην τοις παλαιοις ὑψιστω οντι τῳ Θεῳ ην υψει θυσιας ποιεισθαι. Melanthes de Sacrificijs. See Natalis Comes. l. 1. 10.