[415] L. 1. p. 79. Περι της Βουσιριδος ξενοκτονιας παρα τοις Ἑλλησιν ενισχυσαι τον μυθον· ου του Βασιλεως ονομαζομενου Βουσιριδος, αλλα του Οσιριδος ταφου ταυτην εχοντος την προσηγοριαν κατα την των εγχωριων διαλεκτον. Strabo likewise says, that there was no such king as Busiris. l. 17. p. 1154. [416] Bou-Sehor and Uch-Sehor are precisely of the same purport, and signify the great Lord of day. [417] Pausanias. l. 2. p. 144. [418] Altis, Baaltis, Orontis, Opheltis, are all places compounded with some title, or titles, of the Deity. [419] 2 Chron. c. 33. v. 14. [420] 2 Chron. c. 27. v. 3. _On the wall_ (חומת) _of Ophel he built much:_ or rather on the Comah, or sacred hill of the Sun, called Oph-El, he built much. [421] Apollon. Rhodii Argonaut. l. 2. v. 709. Apollo is said to have killed Tityus, Βουπαις εων. Apollon. l. 1. v. 760. [422] Τον δε του Αιπυτου ταφον σπουδῃ μαλιστα εθεασαμην--εστι μεν ουν γης χωμα ου μεγα, λιθου κρηπιδι εν κυκλῳ περιεχομενον. Pausan. l. 8. p. 632. Αιπυτιον τυμβον, celebrated by Homer. Iliad. β. v. 605. Αιπυτος, supposed to be the same as Hermes. Ναος Ἑρμου Αιπυτου near Tegea in Arcadia. Pausan. l. 8. p. 696. Part of Arcadia was called Αιπυτις. [423] Clemens Alexand. Cohort. p. 11. Ανεστεμμενοι τοις οφεσιν επολολυζοντες Ευαν, Ευαν κτλ. [424] Porphyrii Vita Pythagoræ. [425] Clement. Alexand. Cohort. p. 29. [426] The Scholiast upon Pindar seems to attribute the whole to Dionusus, who first gave out oracles at this place, and appointed the seventh day a festival. Εν ᾡ πρωτος Διονυσος εθεμιστευσε, και αποκτεινας τον Οφιν τον Πυθωνα, αγωνιζεται τον Πυθικον αγωνα κατα Ἑβδομην ἡμεραν. Prolegomena in Pind. Pyth. p. 185. [427] Pausanias. l. 9. p. 749. [428] Ibid. l. 2. p. 155. [429] Strabo. l. 9. p. 651. [430] Ibid. [431] Pausanias. l. 5. p. 376. [432] Ibid. l. 10. p. 806. [433] Ibid. l. 1. p. 87. [434] At Patræ, μνημα Αιγυπτιου του Βηλου. Pausan. l. 7. p. 578. [435] Pausanias. l. 2. p. 179. [436] Herodotus. l. 7. c. 150. and l. 6. c. 54. Plato in Alcibiad. 1^{mo}. vol. 2. p. 120. Upon Mount Mænalus was said to have been the tomb of Arcas, who was the father of the Arcadians. Εστι δε Μαιναλιη δυσχειμερος, ενθα τε κειται Αρχας, αφ' ὁυ δη παντες επικλησιν καλεονται. Oraculum apud Pausan. l. 8. p. 616. But what this supposed tomb really was, may be known from the same author: Το δε χωριον τουτο, ενθα ὁ ταφος εστι του Αρκαδος, καλουσιν Ἡλιου Βωμους. Ibid. Ταφος, η τυμβος, η σημειον.. Hesych. [437] Strabo. l. 11. p. 779. Εν δε τῳ πεδιῳ ΠΕΤΡΑΝ ΤΙΝΑ προσχωματι συμπληρωσαντες εις βουνοειδες σχημα κτλ. [438] Typhon was originally called Γηγενης, and by Hyginus Terræ Filius. Fab. 152. p. 263. Diodorus. l. 1. p. 79. he is styled Γης ὑιος εξαισιος. Antoninus Liberal. c. 25. [439] Plutarch. Isis et Osiris. p. 380. [440] Josephus contra Apion. l. 1. p. 460. [441] Porphyry de Abstinen. l. 2. p. 223.