[108] Χρυσοφορουσι δ' εκ του Καυνασου πολλαι πηγαι ψηγμα αφανες. Appian de Bello Mithridat. p. 242. Salauces, an antient king of Colchis, was said to have abounded with gold. Pliny. l. 33. c. 15. p. 614. Arrian supposes that they put fleeces into the river, to intercept (ψηγμα αφανες) this imperceptible mineral; and that hence arose the fable of the Golden Fleece. [109] Pindar. Olymp. Ode 7. p. 64. [110] Callimachus. Hymn to Apollo. v. 34. In like manner there was a shower of gold at Thebes, in Bœotia. Pindar speaks of Jupiter Χρυσῳ μεσονυκτιον νιφοντα. Isthm. Ode 7. p. 746. [111] Callimachus. Hymn to Delos. v. 260. [112] Homer. Hymn to Apollo. v. 135. [113] Πευκης ειδος ἑτερον· λειβεσθαι δ' ἁιματι, καθαπερ τῳ χρυσῳ την Ἡλιαδα αιγειρον. Philostratus. l. 5. p. 211. Æschylus mentions the Arimaspians as living upon a golden stream: Ὁι Χρυσοῤῥυτον Οικουσιν αμφι ναμα Πλατωνος πορου. Prometheus. p. 49. [114] Hence the celebrated city in Egypt had the name of Cherchusora. Some traces of Orcus may be found in Zeus Hircius, and Orcius, mentioned by Pausanias. l. 5. p. 442. He supposes the name to be from ὁρκος, an oath, and mentions a legend to that purpose. [115] Hesiod. Theog. v. 281. [116] Χρυσαορις, πολις Καριας----Επαφροδιτος δε την Καριαν πασαν Χρυσαοριδα λεγεσθαι (φησι). Steph. Byzant. [117] Strabo. l. 14. p. 975. Zeus was a title conferred upon more than one of the family. [118] Herodotus. l. 2. c. 15. Also c. 17. and 97. called by Strabo Κερκεσουρα. l. 17. p. 1160. [119] Sanchoniathon apud Euseb. Præp. Evan. l. 1. p. 35. [120] Diodorus Sic. l. 4. p. 224. [121] Hesiod. Theog. v. 287. Τρισωματον βοτηρ' Ερυθειας. Euripides. Hercules Furens. v. 423. [122] Homer. Iliad. Ο. v. 256. [123] Homer. Hymn to Apollo. v. 123. [124] Second Hymn to Diana. v. 3. Perseus is styled Χρυσαορος in Orpheus de Lapid. c. 15. v. 41. [125] Homer. Hymn to Apollo. v. 131. [126] Ibid. v. 126. [127] Apollo was represented as the author of the lyre, called among the oriental nations Kinor, and Cuthar: from the latter of which came κιθαρις, and cithara in the west. [128] Pindar. Pyth. Ode 1. [129] Χρυση, ἡ πολις του Απολλωνος εγγυς Λημνου--και της Λεσβιας τοπος· και Πανηφαιστια της Λημνου ακρωτηριον--και εν Βιθυνιᾳ, και περι Χαλκηδονα, και της Καριας· και εν τῃ Ἁλικαρνασιδι Δωριον πεδιον· και εν Ἑλλησποντῳ· εστι και αλλη Χεῤῥονησος της Ινδικης· εν δε τῃ εκτος Γανγου Ινδικῃ. Stephanus Byzant. See also Χρυσοπολις ibidem. [130] Cedrenus. p. 12. [131] Strabo. l. 16. p. 1095. [132] Hoffman Lexic. [133] Plutarch de fluminibus. p. 1151. The original name was Chrusaor, which had no relation to a golden stream: at least that part of it was so named which ran through the city Mastaura. See Stephanus Byzant. Μασταυρα. [134] כתם of of the Hebrews. [135] Dionysius περιηγης. v. 589. Scholia ibidem.