[764] Luxorein by Norden, called Lucorein. It was probably erected to the Sun and Ouranus, and one of the first temples upon earth. [765] Apollonius Rhodius. l. 4. v. 1052. Mopsus was the son of Ampycus. Hygin. Fab. c. cxxviii. By some he is said to have been the son of Apollo. Apollo and Ampycus were the same. [766] Orphic. Argonaut. v. 720. [767] Ibidem. v. 185. [768] Justin. Martyr. Apolog. p. 54. Amphilochus was the God of light and prophecy. Plutarch mentions εξ Αμφιλοχου μαντεια, in the treatise περι βραδεως τιμωρουμενων. p. 563. [769] Cohortatio. p. 10. [770] Lycophron. v. 1163. [771] Pausanias. l. 10. p. 896. [772] Hence the prophetic Sibyl in Virgil is styled Amphrysia vates. Virgil. Æn. l. 6. v. 368. [773] Plin. l. 4. c. 12. Strabo. l. 10. Called Mallus, by Pausanias, Εν Μαλλῳ μαντειον αψευδεστατον. l. 1. p. 84. [774] Λεγεται δε ὑπο των Αμφικλειεων μαντιν τε σφισι τον Θεον τουτοι, και βοηθον νοσοις καθισταναι--προμαντευς δε ὁ ἱερευς εστι. Pausanias. l. 10. p. 884. The city was also called Ophitea. [775] Aristophanes. Νεφελαι. v. 595. [776] See Scholia to Aristoph. v. 595. [777] Ibidem. [778] We meet with the like in the Orphica. Αμφι δε μαντειας εδαην πολυπειρονας ὁρμους Θηρων, Οιωνων τε. Argonautica. v. 33. So in Pindar. Κελαδοντι μοι αμφι Κινυραν. Pyth. Ode 2. p. 203. We have the same from the Tripod itself. Αμφι δε Πυθω, και Κλαριου μαντευματα Φοιβου. Apollo de defectu Oraculor. apud Eusebium. Præp. Evang. l. 5. c. 16. p. 204. [779] Hymn to Venus of Salamis. See Homer Didymi. vol. 2. p. 528. The names of the sacred hymns, as mentioned by Proclus in his Χρηστομαθεια, were Παιανες, Διθυραμβος, Αδωνις, Ιο Βακχον, Ὑπορχηματα, Εγκωμια, Ευκτικα. Photius. c. 236. p. 983. [780] Diodorus. l. 5. p. 213. [781] Idque a Θριαμβῳ Græco, Liberi Patris cognomento. Varro de linguâ Lat. l. 5. p. 58. [782] Diodorus Siculus. l. 5. p. 213. [783] Epiphanius--adversus Hæres. l. 3. p. 1093. [784] Pindar. Olympic Ode vi. p. 53. Iamus, supposed by Pindar to have been the son of Apollo; but he was the same as Apollo and Osiris. He makes Apollo afford him the gift of prophecy: Ενθα ὁι ωπασε Θησαυρον διδυμον μαντοσυνας (Απολλων). Ibid. p. 53. [785] Of the Iamidæ, see Herodotus. l. v. c. 44. l. ix. c. 33. Καλλιον των Ιαμιδεων μαντιν. [786] Pindar. Ibidem. p. 51. [787] Pi is the antient Egyptian prefix. [788] Herodotus. l. 1. c. 62. p. 30. [789] Apollonius Rhodius. l. 3. v. 1180. An ox or cow from being oracular was styled Alphi as well as Omphi. Hence Plutarch speaks of Cadmus: Ὁν φασι το αλφα παντων προταξαι. δια το Φοινικας ὁυτω καλειν τον βουν. Sympos. Quæst. 9. 3. [790] In insulâ Pharo. Pliny. l. 36. c. 12. [791] Wheeler's Travels, p. 207. [792] Wheeler. p. 204. Sandys's travels. p. 32. [793] Strabo. l. 17. p. 1141. [794] Strabo. l. 3. p. 259. [795] Strabo. l. 2. p. 258. [796] Strabo. Ibidem. Ou-Ob. Sol. Pytho. Onoba, regio Solis Pythonis.