Neptune is said to have lain with Ceres, when in the form of a Fury. Apollodorus. l. 3. p. 157. She is said from thence to have conceived the horse Areion. Lycophron alludes to her cruel rites, when he is speaking of Tantalus, and Pelops. Ὁυ παππον εν γαμφαισιν Ἑνναια ποτε Ερκυν' Εριννυς, θουρια, ξιφηφορος, Ασαρκα μιστυλλουσ' ετυμβευσεν ταφῳ. v. 152.] [742] Herodotus. l. 7. c. 197. [743] L. 2 v. 288. [744] The Sirens and Harpies were persons of the same vocation, and of this the Scholiast upon Lycophron seems to have been apprised. See v. 653. [745] Harpya, Ἁρπυια, was certainly of old a name of a place. The town so called is mentioned to have been near Encheliæ in Illyria. Here was an Amonian Petra of Cadmus, and Harmonia. [746] Τιτυῳ εναλιγκιος ανηρ. Theocrit. Idyl. 22. v. 94. [747] Pausan. l. 1. p. 94. [748] Κερκυον is compounded of Ker-Cuon, and signifies the temple of the Deity. [749] L. 1. p. 94. [750] Ovid. Ibis. v. 411. [751] Anacharsis. vol. 2. p. 388. Γυμνασιον ὑφ' ἡμων ονομαζεται, και εστιν ἱερον Απολλωνος Λυκιου. [752] Και ὁ τοπος ὁυτος παλαιστρα και ες εμε εκαλειτο ολιγον που ταφου της Αλοπης απεχων. Pausan. l. 1. p. 94. That very antient temple of Pan on Mount Lycæum in Arcadia had a Gymnasium in a grove. Εστι εν τῳ Λυκαιῳ Πανος τε Ἱερον, και περι αυτο αλσος δενδρων, και Ἱπποδρομος τε, και προ αυτου σταδιον. Pausan. l. 8. p. 678. [753] I have mentioned, that Torone was a temple of the Sun, and also φλεγραια, by which was meant a place of fire, and a light-house. This is not merely theory: for the very tower may be seen upon coins, where it is represented as a Pharos with a blaze of fire at the top. See vol. 2. page 118. [754] Plutarch. Theseus, p. 6. [755] Chron. Logos. p. 31. He was also named Asterus, Asterion, and Asterius. Lycoph. v. 1299. Schol. and Etymolog. Mag. Minois. Asterius was represented as the son of Anac. Αστεριου του Ανακτος. Pausan. l. 7. p. 524. Ανδρειᾳ τους αποθανοντας ὑπο Θησεως ὑπερεβαλεν ὁ Αστεριων (ὁ Μινω) Pausan. l. 2. p. 183. [756] Pausan. l. 1. p. 94. [757] Diodorus explains farther the character of this personage, τον παλαιοντα τοις παριουσι, και τον ἡττηθεντα διαφθειροντα. l. 4 p. 226. [758] Diodorus Sic. l. 4. p. 225, and 233. [759] Ιδεως τον Ανταιον φησι των ΞΕΝΩΝ των ἡττημενων ΤΟΙΣ ΚΡΑΝΙΟΙΣ ερεφειν τον του Ποσειδωνος ναον. Pindar. Isth. Ode 4. Scholia. p. 458. See Diodorus concerning Antæus συναναγκαζοντα τους ξενους διαπαλαιειν. l. 4. p. 233. [760] V. 866, and Scholia. [761] Diodorus Sic. l. 4. p. 263. [762] Hercules Furens. v. 391. [763] Pindar. Olymp. Ode 10. p. 97. Scholia. from the Cygnus of Stesichorus. [764] Euripides. Orestes. v. 1648. Schol. Lycaon was a Deity, and his priests were styled Lycaonidæ. He was the same as Jupiter Lycæus, and Lucetius: the same also as Apollo. [765] Pausan. l. 8. p. 600. [766] Odyss. l. Φ. v. 307. [767] Μνησομαι, ουδε λαθοιμι Απολλωνος Εκατοιο. Homer. Η. to Apollo. v. 1. Ευ ειδως αγορευε θεοπροπιας Ἑκατοιο. Iliad. Α. v. 385.