[79] Etymologicum Magnum. [80] Johannes Antiochenus, who tells the story at large, says, that purple was the discovery κυνος ποιμενικου which in the original history was undoubtedly a shepherd king. [81] Plutarch. Isis et Osiris. p. 355. [82] Ουδε Σωκρατης τον κυνα και τον χηνα ομνυς επαιζεν. Porphyry de Abstinentiâ. l. 3. p. 286. It is said to have been first instituted by Rhadamanthus of Crete: Εκελευσε (Ῥαδαμανθυς) κατα χηνος, και κυνος, και κριου ομνυναι. Eustathius upon Homer. Odyss. Υ. p. 1871. See Aristophan. Ορνιθες. Scholia, v. 521. Ομνυναι κελευσαι (Ῥαδαμανθυν) χηνα, και κυνα, κτλ. from Socrates. l. 12. de Rebus Creticis. The antient Abantes of Eubœa styled Zeus himself Cahen; called in aftertimes Cenæus. There was a promontory of the same name: Κηναιον ακρωτηριον (Αβαντων) Steph. Byzant. Here Hercules was supposed to have sacrificed after his conquest of Æchalia. Victor ab Æchaliâ Cenæo sacra parabat Vota Jovi. Ovid. Metamorph. l. 9 v. 136. Sophocles in Trachin. v. 242, mentions, Βωμους, τελητ' εγκαρτα Κηναιῳ Διι. [83] Plato in Gorgiâ. vol. 1. p. 482. [84] Porphyry. l. 3. p. 286. so corrected by Jablonsky. l. v. c. 1. p. 10 [85] Clementis Cohortatio. p. 32. [86] Pliny. l. 8. p. 446. [87] Anthologia. l. 1. Epigram. 144. [88] Theophrast. Charact. [89] Hesychius. [90] Diodorus Siculus de pompâ Isiacâ. l. 1. p. 78. [91] Huetius. Præp. Evang. p. 86. from Cornutus de naturâ Deorum. A like history is given of serpents in Syria by Aristotle, περι θαυμασιων ακουσματων: and by Pliny and Isidorus, of birds in the islands of Diomedes. [92] Nonni Dionysica. l. 3. p. 94. [93] Ibid. [94] Homer. Odyss. l. 8. v. 92. [95] Τον Κυνα τον χρυσεον απεδειξεν (ὁ Ζευς) φυλαττειν το ἱερον εν Κρητῃ. Antoninus Liberalis. c. 35. p. 180. [96] Pausanias of Tænarus. l. 3. p. 275. [97] ---- of Trœzen. l. 2. p. 183. [98] ---- of Hermione. l. 2. p. 196. [99] Dionys. Περιηγης. v. 791. This temple stood, according to Diodorus Siculus and Arrian, in the country of the Cimmerians, near the Acherusian Chersonese. See Scholia to Dionysius above. [100] Oppida tota canem venerantur. Juvenal. Sat. 15. v. 8. Diodorus. l. 1. p. 16. [101] Herodotus. l. 2. c. 66. [102] Plutarch. Isis et Osiris. p. 368. [103] Εξω κυνες was a proverbial expression among the Jews. [104] Deuteronomy. c. 23. v. 18. [105] In this golden cup Hercules was supposed to have passed over the ocean. Χρυσεον ---- δεπας, εν ᾡ τον ωκεανον διεπερασεν Ἡρακλης. Apollodorus. l. 2. p. 100. There was likewise in the same place a story about a golden belt. Philostratus: Vita Apollon. l. 5. p. 212. [106] Palæphatus. Edit. Elz. 1642. p. 76. the author would not say σφοδρα πλουσιοι, but keeps to the antient term χρυσοι, though it is scarce sense. [107] Pindar. Olymp. Ode 2. στροφ. δ. p. 25.