[567] Pausanias. l. 9. p. 781. So Coronis is said to have been the daughter of Phlegyas. Pausan. l. 2. p. 170: and Cronus the son of Apollo. l. 2. p. 123. Chiron the son of Saturn; Charon the son of Erebus and night. The hero Charisius, the son of Lycaon, which Lycaon was no other than Apollo, the God of light. These were all places, but described as personages; and made the children of the Deity, to whom they were sacred. [568] Δεινους Θεοις τε ἱερα κατασκευασασθαι, και βασιλεια ανθρωποις· και γαρ τῳ Απολλωνι τον Ναον ῳκοδομησαντο τον εν Δελφοις, και Ὑριει τον Θησαυρον. Pausan. l. 9. p. 785. Turres, ut Aristoteles, Cyclopes (invenerunt). Pliny. l. 7. c. 56. [569] Virgil. Æn. l. 6. v. 630. [570] Lutatius Placidus in Statii Thebaïd. l. 1. p. 26. [571] Τας Ὑακινθου κορας--επι τον Γεραιστου του Κυκλωπος ταφον κατεσφαξαν. Apollodorus. l. 3. p. 205. [572] Hercules furens. Act. 4. v. 996. [573] Nonni Dionysiaca. l. 41. p. 1068. Euripides styles the walls of Argos Ουρανια: 'Ινα τειχεα λαϊνα, Κυκλωπει', ουρανια νεμονται. Troades. v. 1087. [574] Pausanias. l. 2. p. 146. [575] Seneca Thyestes. Act. 2. v. 406. [576] Εντος δε του Ισθμου της Τροιζηνος ὁμορος εστιν Ἑρμιονη· Οικιστην δε της αρχαιας πολεως Ἑρμιονεις γενεσθαι φασιν Ἑρμιονα Ευρωπος. Pausanias. l. 2. p. 191. [577] Strabo. l. 8. p. 573. It was inhabited by people particularly styled Ἁλιεις, or men of the sea; who were brought thither by Druops Arcas. [578] Pausan. l. 2. p. 147. Κυκλωπων μεν εστιν εργον. p. 169. See Strabo. l. 8. p. 572. Τειχισαι δια Κυκλωπων. [579] Τα τειχη τα εν Τιρυνθι--ουδε οντα ελαττονος θαυματος (των Πυραμιδων). Pausanias. l. 9. p. 783. [580] Εφεξης δε τῃ Ναυπλιᾳ, τα σπηλαια, και ὁι εν αυτοις οικοδομητοι λαβυρινθοι. Κυκλωπεια δ' ονομαζουσιν. Strabo. l. 8. p. 567. [581] Pausanias. l. 4. p. 367. [582] Εμοι μεν ουν Αιγυπτιον φαινεται, και ουδαμως Ἑλληνικον ονομα Ωρος ειναι. κτλ. Pausan. l. 2. p. 181. [583] Κυκλωπων βαθρα Φοινικι κανονι και τυκοις ἡρμοσμενα. Eurip. Herc. Furens. v. 944. [584] Strabo. l. 8. p. 572. [585] Many places were denominated from Aster; such as Asteria, Asterion, Asteris, Astræa, Astarte. See Steph. Byzantinus. Αστεριον, πολις Θετταλιας--ἡ νυν Πιρεσια. Idem. Αστεριη, ἡ Δηλος, και ἡ Κρητη, εκαλειτο. Hesychius. Δηλος Αστεριη. Callimach. H. in Delon. v. 37. and 40. Asteria signifies the island of Aster. [586] L. 8. p. 572. [587] Pausanias mentions the apartments of the daughters of Prœtus. l. 2. p. 169. But the daughters of Prœtus were property the virgins who officiated at the Purait, the young priestesses ot the Deity.