[823] Ampelusia, called Κωττης ακρον. Ptolemy. l. 4. so named according to Strabo απο Κωτεων, or Κωταιων, not far from a city Zilis, and Cota. See Pliny. l. 5. c. 1. Promontorium Oceani extimum Ampelusia. Pliny. l. 5. c. 1. Ampelona. Pliny. l. 6. c. 28. [824] Απο Αμπελου ακρης επι Καναστραιην ακρην. Herodotus. l. 7. c. 123. Αμπελος ακρα, in Crete. Ptolemy. See Pliny. l. 4. c. 12. [825] In Samos was Αμπελος ακρα· εστι δε ουκ ευοινος. Strabo. l. 14. p. 944. Some places were called more simply Ampe. See Herodotus of Ampi in the Persian Gulf. l. 6. c. 20. Αμπη of Tzetzes. See Cellarius. [826] Μυκαλης χωριον ἱερον. Herodotus. l. 1. c. 148. [827] Præp. Evan. l. 5. c. 16. [828] Pindar. Olymp. Ode 12. Νυμφαι εισι εν τῳ φρεατι. Artemidorus Oneirocrit. l. 2. c. 23. [829] Νυμφων εστιν ἱερον επι τῃ πηγῃ.---λουομενοις δε εν τῃ πηγῃ καματων τε εστι και αλγηματων παντων ἱαματα. Pausanias. l. 6. p. 510. [830] Νυμφικα, and Λουτρα, are put by Hesychius as synonymous. Omnibus aquis Nymphæ sunt præsidentes. Servius upon Virgil. Eclog. 1. Thetis was styled Nympha, merely because she was supposed to be water. Thetidem dici voluerunt aquam, unde et _Nympha_ dicta est. Fulgentij Mytholog. c. viii. p. 720. [831] Pausanias. l. 8. p. 670. Young women were, by the later Greeks, and by the Romans, styled Nymphæ; but improperly. Nympha vox, Græcorum Νυμφα, non fuit ab origine Virgini sive Puellæ propria: sed solummodo partem corporis denotabat. Ægyptijs, sicut omnia animalia, lapides, frutices, atque herbas, ita omne membrum atque omnia corporis humani loca, aliquo dei titulo mos fuit denotare. Hinc cor nuncupabant Ath, uterum Mathyr, vel Mether: et fontem fœmineum, sicut et alios fontes, nomine Ain Omphe, Græce νυμφη, insignibant: quod ab Ægyptijs ad Græcos derivatum est.--Hinc legimus, Νυμφη πηγη, και νεογαμος γυνη, νυμφην δε καλουσι κτλ. Suidas. Παρ' Αθηναιοις ἡ του Διος μητηρ, Νυμφη. Ibidem. [832] Naptha is called Apthas by Simplicius in Categoric. Aristotelis. Και ὁ Αφθας δεχεται ποῤῥωθεν του πυρος ειδος. The same by Gregory Nyssen is contracted, and called, after the Ionic manner, Φθης: ὡσπερ ὁ καλουμενος Φθης εξαπτεται. Liber de animâ. On which account these writers are blamed by the learned Valesius. They are, however, guilty of no mistake; only use the word out of composition. Ain-Aptha, contracted Naptha, was properly the fountain itself: the matter which proceeded from it was styled Apthas, Pthas, and Ptha. It was one of the titles of the God of fire, called Apha-Astus, the Hephastus of the Greeks; to whom this inflammable substance was sacred. See Valesij notæ in Amm. Marcellinum. l. 23. p. 285. Epirus was denominated from the worship of fire, and one of its rivers was called the Aphas. [833] Pliny. l. 31. p. 333. [834] Marcellinus. l. 23. p. 285. [835] Pliny. l. 6. p. 326. [836] Strabo. l. 7. p. 487. See Antigoni Carystii Mirabilia. p. 163.