Namque fluentisono prospectans littore Diæ Thesea _cedentem celeri cum classe_ tuetur, Indomitos in corde gerens Ariadna furores. Catulli. Epithal. Pel. et Thet. v. 52. See Famiani Stradæ Prolus. l. 3. p. 285. [227] Nonni Dionysiaca. l. 41. p. 1070. [228] Orphica ex Macrobio Saturn. l. 1. c. 18. p. 202. [229] Maps, and books too, when writing was introduced, were made of skins, called διφθεραι. Τας βιβλους διφθερας καλεουσι απο του παλαιου ὁι Ιωνες. Herodot. l. 5. c. 58. A Zone, of curious imagery, is given by Homer to Hercules. Odyss. l. Λ. v. 609. Χρυσεος ην τελαμων, ἱνα θεσκελα εργα τετυκτο. A remarkable passage, from Isidorus Basilidis, quoted by Clemens Alexandrin. Και γαρ μοι δοκει τους προσποιουμενους φιλοσοφειν, ἱνα μαθωσι, τι εστιν ἡ ὑποπτερος δρυς, και το επ' αυτῃ πεποικιλμενον ΦΑΡΟΣ. Παντα ὁσα Φερεκυδης αλληγορησας εθεολογησεν, λαβων απο της του Χαμ προφητειας. Strom. l. 6. p. 767. In the former verses from Nonnus we may see the method of deviation. Pharos, a tower, is taken for Pharos a garment; and this altered to Χιτων: and, after all, the genuine history is discernible, notwithstanding the veil which is spread over it. The author says, that, at the bottom, εϋκλωστοιο Χιτωνος, of the well-woven garment, flowed the Ocean, which surrounded the world. This is certainly a misinterpretation of the term φαρος: and, in the original writings, whence these verses were copied, the history related to a tower: and it was at the foot ΦΑΡΟΥ ΕΥΚΛΥΣΤΟΙΟ that the ocean beat, by which the earth was encircled. [230] Bochart Geog. Sacra. l. 1. c. 228. p. 524. of תור. [231] Strabo. l. 16. p. 1110. [232] Diodorus Siculus. l. 4. p. 231. [233] Strabo. l. 11. p. 762. [234] Τυνδαριοι σκοπελοι. Ptolemæus. p. 122. See Strabo. l. 17. p. 1150. [235] Dionysius. v. 688. Pliny styles them oppida. Oppida--in ripâ celeberrima, Tyndarida, Circæum, &c. l. 6. c. 4. [236] The Minotaur was an emblematical representation of Menes, the same as Osiris; who was also called Dionusus, the chief Deity of Egypt. He was also the same as Atis of Lydia, whose rites were celebrated in conjunction with those of Rhea, and Cybele, the mother of the Gods. Gruter has an inscription, M. D. M. IDÆ, et ATTIDI MINOTAURO. He also mentions an altar of Attis Minoturannus. vol. 1. p. xxviii. n. 6. [237] Diodor. Sicul. l. 16. p. 411. [238] Meen was the moon: and Meno-Taurus signified Taurus Lunaris. It was a sacred emblem, of which a great deal will be said hereafter. [239] See Paruta's Sicilia nummata. [240] Τυρις, ὁ περιβολος του τειχους. Hesych. From whence we may infer, that any place surrounded with a wall or fortification might be termed a Tor or Turris. Ταρχωνιον πολις Τυῤῥηνιας. Stephan. Byzant. [241] Scholia upon Lycophron. v. 717. [242] Scholia upon Lycophron. v. 1242. The Poet says of Æneas, Παλιν πλανητην δεξεται Τυρσηνια. v. 1239. [243] Lycophron. v. 1248. [244] Ταρκυνια πολις Τυῤῥενιδος απο Ταρχωνος· το εθνικον Ταρκυνιος. Steph. Byzant.