[162] Sanchoniathon alludes to the songs of Canaan, and their great sweetness, when he is in an allegorical manner speaking of Sidon; whom he makes a person, and the inventress of harmony. Απο δε Ποντου γινεται Σιδων, ἡ καθ' ὑπερβολην ευφωνιας πρωτη ὑμνον ῳδης ἑυρεν. Apud Euseb. P. E. lib. 1. c. 10. p. 38. [163] Stephanus Byzant. [164] Sanchoniathon apud Euseb. l. 1. c. 10. p. 39. [165] Υκ καθ' ἱεραν γλωσσαι βασιλεα σημαινει. Josephus contra Ap. l. 1. c. 13. p. 445. [166] Osiris, Υσιρις, according to Hellanicus. Plutarch de Iside et Osiride. [167] Verse 129. [168] Homer's Hymn to Apollo. v. 92. [169] Ichnaia was a city in Sicily, and elsewhere. Αχναι πολις Θεσσαλιας--εστι και πολις Βοιωτιας. Steph. Byzant. Αραχναιον ορος Αργους. Ibid. Ar-Achnaion is the hill of Canaan, or the Canaanitish mount. [170] See Radicals. p. 106. [171] Pliny. l. 3. p. 173. [172] Milton. Paradise Lost. l. 1. v. 416. See also Ezekiel. c. 8. v. 14. [173] Hyginus. Fab. 154. p. 266. not. 7. Ἑτεροι δε φασι, δικαιοτατον αυτον ειναι Νειλον. Eratosthenes. Catasterism. 37. [174] Καλειται δε ὑπο των εγχωριων Βυχερνος. Αιγυπτιοι δε φασι Νειλον ειναι τον κατηστηρισμενον. Scholia in Aratum. p. 48. [175] Plutarch de Fluminibus. vol. 2. p. 1154. [176] Eustathius in Dionysium. v. 239. See Steph. Byzant. Αιγυπτος. [177] Plutarch περι τον εκλελοιποτων χρηστηριων. vol. 1. p. 409. [178] Strabo. l. 16. p. 1101. There was supposed to have been a person in Thessaly named Cycnus, the son of Apollo. He lived upon a lake Uria; which was so called from his mother. Inde lacus Hyries videt, et Cycnëia Tempe, Quæ subitus celebravit olor. Ovid. Metam. l. 7. v. 371. Uria was also a river in Bœotia: and here was a Cycnus, said to have been the son of Poseidon. Pausan. l. 10. p. 831. [179] Ερασθεντα δε Πασιφαης Δια γενεσθαι μεν Ταυρον· νυν δε αετον και κυκνον. Porphyry de Abstin. l. 3. p. 285. Που νυν εκεινος ὁ αετος; που δαι ὁ κυκνος; που δαι αυτος ὁ Ζευς. Clemens. Alex. Cohort. p. 31. [180] Nonni Dionysiaca. l. 24. p. 626. [181] Προς Γοργονεια πεδια Κισθενης, ἱνα Ἁι φορκιδες ναιουσι, δηναιοι κοραι, Τρεις κυκνομορφοι, κοινον ομμ' εκτημεναι. Æschyli Prometheus. p. 48. Ἁι μεν φορκιδες τρεις--ειχον ειδος Κυκνων. Scholia ibidem. Φορκυν ην ανηρ Κυρηναιος· ὁιδε Κυρηναιοι κατα γενος μεν εισιν Αιθιοπες. Palæphatus. Edit. Elz. p. 76. [182] Τατε ωτα, και τους οφθαλμους ὁι δημιουργουντες εξ ὑλης τιμιας καθιερουσι, τοις Θεοις ανατιθεντες εις τους νεως· τουτο δηπου αινισσομενοι, ὡς παντα θεος ὁρᾳ, και ακουει. Clemens Alexand. l. 5. p. 671. See Diodorus. l. 3. p. 145. This may have been one reason, among others, why the Cyclopians and Arimaspians are represented with one eye: τον μουνωπα στρατον Αριμασπον. Æschylus Prometh. p. 49. The Arimaspian history was written by Aristeus Proconnesius, and styled Αριμασπεια επη. [183] Plutarch. Ει. vol. 2. p. 387. [184] Porph. de Abst. l. 3. p. 286. [185] Aristophanes. Aves. Κυκνῳ Πυθιῳ και Δελιῳ. v. 870.