[926] Macrobius. Saturn. l. 1. c. 18. p. 202. He mentions Jupiter Lucetius, and Diespater, the God of day; and adds, Cretenses Δια την ἡμεραν vocant. _The Cretans call the day dia._ The word dies of the Latines was of the same original. [927] Diodorus Siculus. l. 1. p. 22. [928] Chronolog. Canon. p. 32. [929] Hermesianax. It may be worth while to observe below, how many Gods there were of the same titles and departments. Παιονιος Διονυσιος. Hesychius. Pæonia Minerva. Plutarch. de decem Rhetoribus. Παλαιμων Ἡρακλης. Hesychius. Ιητηρ παντων, Ασκληπιε, δεσποτα Παιαν. Orphic. H. 66. Ποσειδων Ιατρος εν Τηνῳ. Clement. Cohort. p. 26. Olen, the most antient mythologist, made Eilithya to be the mother of Eros; so that Eilithya and Venus must have been the same, and consequently Diana. Μητερα Ερωτος Ειλιθυιαν ειναι. Pausan. l. 9. p. 762. Adonim, Attinem, Osirim et Horum aliud non esse quam Solem. Macrobius Sat. l. 1. c. 21. p. 209. Janus was Juno, and styled Junonius. Macrob. Sat. l. 1. c. 9. p. 159. Lunam; eandem Dianam, eandem Cererem, eandem Junonem, eandem Proserpinam dicunt. Servius in Georgic. l. 1. v. 5. Astarte, Luna, Europa, Dea Syria, Rhea, the same. Lucian. de Syriâ Deâ. Κειοι Αρισταιον τον αυτον και Δια και Απολλω νομιζοντες. κτλ. Athenagoras. p. 290. Ἡλιος, Ζευς. Sanchoniathon. Euseb. P. E. lib. 1. c. x. p.34. Ἡλιος, Κρονος. Damascius apud Photium. c. 242. [930] Auson. Epigram. 30. See Gruter for inscriptions to Apollo Pantheon. Dionusus was also Atis, or Attis. Διονυσον τινες Αττιν προσαγορευεσθαι θελουσιν. Clementis Cohort. p. 16. [931] Orphic. Hymn. x. p. 200. Gesner. Παρ' Αιγυπτιοισι δε Παν μεν αρχαιοτατος, και των οκτω των πρωτων λεγομενων Θεων. Herodotus. l. 2. c. 145. Priapus was Zeus; also Pan, and Orus: among the people of Lampsacus esteemed Dionusus. [932] Euphorion. [933] L. 10. p. 805. [934] Oprhic. Hymn. in Poseidon xvi. p. 208. [935] Selden de Diis Syris. p. 77. and additamenta. He was of old styled Arcles in Greece; and supposed to have been the son of Xuth. Κοθος και Αρκλης, ὁι Χυθου παιδες. Plutarch. Quæstiones Græcæ. v. 1. p 296. [936] Nonnus. l. 40. p. 1038. [937] In Demosthenem Κατα Μειδιου. Παν σχημα περιτεθεασιν αυτῳ. p. 647. See also Macrob. Sat. l. 1. c. 18. Αυτον τον Δια και τον Διονυσον παιδας και νεους ἡ θεολογια καλει. Proclus upon Plato's Parmenides. See Orphic Fragments. p. 406. [938] Hesychius. The passage is differently read. Kuster exhibits it Αφροδιτος. Ὁδε τα περι Αμαθουντα γεγραφως Παιαν, ὡς ανδρα την θεον εσχηματισθαι εν Κυπρῳ φησιν. [939] Servius upon Virgil. Æneid. l. 2. v. 632. [940] Scholia upon Apollon. Rhod. l. 3. v. 52. Των καλουμενων Μοιρων ειναι πρεσβυτεραν. In some places of the east, Venus was the same as Cybele and Rhea, the Mother of the Gods: Περι της χωρας ταυτης σεβουσι μεν ὡς επι ταν την Αφροδιτην, ὡς μητερα θεων, ποικιλαις και εγχωριοις ονομασι προσαγορευοντες. Ptol. Tetrabibl. l. 2.