[656] Clemens Alex. l. 1. p. 358. [657] See Diodorus. l. 20. p. 778. of the Lamia in Libya, and of her cavern. [658] Euripides quoted ibid. [659] Philostratus. Vita Apollon. l. 4. p. 183. [660] Aristot. Ethic. l. 7. c. 6. p. 118. See Plutarch περι πολυπραγμοσυνης, And Aristoph. Vespæ. Schol. v. 1030. [661] Horace, l. 3. ode 17. [662] Virgil Æn. l. 7. v. 1. See Servius. [663] Strabo. l. 5. p. 357. Κολπον Καιατταν. κλ. [664] Ibid. p. 356. [665] Silius. l. 8. [666] De Virgilianâ continentiâ. p. 762. Caiat signified a kind of whip, or thong, probably such was used at Caiate. [667] Virgil. Æneid. l. 5. v. 873. [668] See Nonnus. l. 19. p. 320. [669] V. 653. See Natalis Comes. [670] L. 4. v. 892. [671] V. 1269. [672] Odyss. l. Μ. v. 39. [673] From Mr. Pope's translation. [674] Callimachi Frag. 184. p. 510. [675] Apollon. l. 4. v. 828. Scholia. She is said also to have been the daughter of Hecate and Phorcun. Ibid. The daughter of a Deity means the priestess. Phor-Cun signifies Ignis Dominus, the same as Hephastus. [676] Herodotus. l. 7. c. 90. [677] Κυρος ὁ ἡλιος. See Radicals. p. 48. [678] Strabo. l. 14. p. 1002. the promontory was called Curias Κυριας ακρα· ειτα πολις Κουριον. [679] L. 4. c. 103. [680] Virgil. Æneid. l. 8. v. 190. [681] Livy. l. 1. c. 7. [682] Plutarch. in Amatorio. vol. 2. p. 762. [683] Lactantius de F. R. l. 1. c. 20. p. 90. [684] Milton. l. 2. v. 579. [685] Theoc. Idyl. 17. v. 47. [686] Aristoph. Βατραχ. v. 474. So Cocytus is by Claudian described as the river of tears. ---- presso lacrymarum fonte resedit Cocytos. De Rapt. Proserp. l. 1. v. 87. [687] He makes Metis the same as Athena. H. 31. l. 10. In another place Metis is styled πρωτος γενετωρ. Frag. 6. v. 19. p. 366. [688] Ibid. Fragm. 8. p. 373. [689] Eusebii. Chron. Log. p. 4. l. 42. [690] Ἱππαν κικλησκω Βακχου τροφον. Hymn. 48. [691] Hymn. 47. v. 4. [692] Orphic Frag. 43. Ἡ μεν γαρ Ἱππα του παντος ουσα ψυχη κτλ. Proclus. ibid. p. 401. [693] Among the Egyptians, the emblems of which they made use were arbitrary, and very different from the things to which they referred. An eagle, an ox, and a horse, were all used as symbols, but had no real connexion with the things alluded to, nor any the least likeness. The Grecians not considering this were always misled by the type; and never regarded the true history, which was veiled under it. [694] Ἱππεις. v. 548. [695] Pausan. l. 5. p. 414. [696] Ibid. l. 5. p. 416. [697] Hesych. Ἱππια. [698] Pausan. l. 8. p. 649. [699] Metam. l. 6. v. 117. [700] Ibid. l. 2. v. 668. [701] Virg. Georg. l. 3. v. 92. [702] Iliad. Β. v. 766. He also mentions the mares of Eresicthon, with which Boreas was supposed to have been enamoured. Ταων και Βορεης ηρασσετο βοσκομεναων, Ἱππῳ δ' εισαμενος παρελεξατο κυανοχαιτῃ. Ἁι δ' ὑποκυσσαμεναι ετεκον δυοκαιδεκα πωλους. Odyss. Υ. v. 224. [703] H. to Apollo. v. 47. [704] Strabo. l. 17. p. 1188. [705] Hesych. Ἱππειον.