[545] Αστεριων, ὑιος Ανακτος, who was buried in the island Lade, near Miletus, is mentioned as a gigantic personage by Pausanias. l. 1. p. 87. Large bones have been found in Sicily; which were probably the bones of elephants, but have been esteemed the bones of the Cyclopians by Kircher and Fazellus. Fazellus. Dec. 1. l. 1. c. 6. [546] Herodotus. l. 5. c. 61. He alludes to them under the name of Cadmians. [547] Odyss. 10. v. 190. [548] Æneid. l. 3. v. 619. [549] Hymn in Dian. v. 51. Μουνος δ' οφθαλμος μεσσῳ επεκειτο μετωπῳ. Hesiod. Theogon. v. 143. Clemens Alexandrinus tells us, that Homer's account of Polyphemus is borrowed from the character of Saturnus in the Orphic poetry. Strom. l. 6. p. 751. [550] Scholia in Æschyl. Prometh. p. 56. [551] Παιδες Ουρανου, και Γης. [552] Εξ ἡς αυτῳ (Ουρανῳ) τρεις παιδας γινωσκουσιν ἑκατονταχειρας, και τρεις ἑτερους αποτικτουσι Κυκλωπας. Proclus in Photio. c. ccxxxix. p. 982. Euripides makes them the sons of Oceanus. Ἱν' ὁι μονωπες ποντιου παιδες Θεου Κυκλωπες οικουσ' αντρ' ερημ' ανδροκτονοι. Cyclops. v. 21. [553] Και δη Ἱερον εστιν αρχαιον, Κυκλωπον καλουμενος βωμος, και θυουσιν επ' αυτᾳ Κυκλωψι. Pausanias. l. 2. p. 114. [554] Odyss. Ζ. v. 5. Ὑπερειαν, ὁι μεν την εν Σικελια Καμαρινην. Schol. ibid. [555] Εν πολει της Βαβυλωνιας Καμαρινῃ, ἡν τινας λεγειν πολιν Ουριαν. Alexand. Polyhist. apud Euseb. Præp. Evan. l. 9. p. 418. [556] Natalis Comes. l. 9. p. 510. By the Celtæ are meant those of Iberia: οψιγονοι Τιτηνες of Callimachus. [557] Lycoph. v. 659. Appian mentions a nation of Cyclopians in Illyria, who were near the Pheacians. [558] The liba made in such temples were from it named Charisia. Χαρισιον, ειδος πλακουντων. Hesych. [559] In Parthia, Καλλιοπη, Χαρις. Appian. Syriac. p. 125. Φρυγιας πολις Καρις. Steph. Byzant. Charisiæ in Arcadia. Ibid. The island Cos, called of old Caris. Ibid. [560] Herodotus. l. 4. c. 13. Αριμασπους ανδρας μουνοφθαλμους. Strabo. l. 1. p. 40. Ταχα δε και τους μονομματους Κυκλωπας εκ της Σκυθικης ἱστοριας μετενηνοχεν (Ὁμηρος.) [561] Ουπις τε, Λοξω τε, και ευαιων Ἑκαεργη. Callimach. H. in Delon. v. 292. [562] Casaubon. not. in Strabon. l. 1. p. 40. Μουνωπα στρατον Αριμασπον. Æschyl. Prineth. p. 49. [563] Τον γαρ βασιλεα και κυριον Οσιριν οφθαλμῳ και σκηπτρῳ γραφουσιν. Plutarch. Isis et Osiris. p. 354. [564] Lycophron. v. 328. See Suidas. Φιλοχορος Τριτοπατορας παντων γεγονεναι πρωτους. Etymolog. Mag. See Meursii not. in Lycophron. v. 328. Ῥαισει τριπατρου φασγανῳ Κανδαονος. [565] Iliad. Σ. v. 382. and Ξ. v. 275. See Pausan. l. 9. p. 781. [566] Nonni Dionysiaca. l. 29. p. 760. The Graces and the Furies (Charites et Furiæ) were equally denominated from the Sun, and fire; and in consequence of it had joint worship in Arcadia. Pausan. l. 8. p. 669. Charis, Χαρις, of the Greeks, was the same personage as Ceres of the Romans. She was also called Damater, and esteemed one of the Furies. Pausan. l. 8. p. 649.