[804] Ἡ δε Περσου γυνη Αστερια παις ην Κοιου και Φοιβης· ὁι Κοιος δε και Φοιβη ΟΥΡΑΝΟΥ παιδες. Schol. in Lycophron. v. 1175. [805] Natalis Comes. l. 7. c. 18. [806] Schol. in Lycophr. v 18. Lycophr. v. 17. Τον χρυσοπατρον μορφνον--τον Περσεα. Schol. in Lycophr. v. 838. [807] Εγγυς της Νεης πολιος. He is said to have introduced here Gymnic exercises. Herodot. l. 2. c. 91. And to have often appeared personally to the priests. Herodot. ibid. Herodotus of the Dorians. l. 6. c. 54. [808] Εν λαρνακι ξυλινῳ. Schol. in Lycophr. v. 838. Εν κιβωτῳ τινι. Chron. Pasch. p. 38. from Euripides. The father of Danae ενειρξας αυτην εις την Κιβωτον μετα του ΠΑΙΔΟΣ καθηκεν εις το πελαγος. Schol. in Pind. Pyth. Od. 10. v. 72. [809] All salutary streams were consecrated to the Sun. There were some waters of this nature near Carthage, which were named Aquæ Persianæ. See Apuleii Florida. c. 16. p. 795, and p. 801. They were so named from Perez, the Sun, to whom they were sacred. [810] Ovid. Trist. l. 1. eleg. 3. v. 48. See Natalis Comes. l. 7. c. 18. [811] Polyb. l. 5. p. 389. [812] Plin. Hist. Nat. l. 6. c. 16. See Q. Curtius, and Strabo. [813] Parrhasii in Hyrcania. Strabo. l. 11. p. 775. [814] Plin. Hist. Nat. l. 2. c. 98. [815] Of Parrhasians in Arcadia. Strabo. l. 8. p. 595. See Plin. Hist. Nat. l. 4. c. 6. Ὑιος Δινυττα Δαμαρχος την δ' ανεθηκεν Εικον', απ' Αρκαδιας Παῤῥασιος γενεαν. Pausan. l. 6. p. 471. See also l. 8. p. 654. [816] Plato in Alcibiad. vol. 2. p. 120. [817] Herodot. l. 7. c. 150. [818] Statii Theb. l. 1. v. 717. [819] Diodorus Sicul. l. 3. p. 185. [820] Πολλαις γενεαις προτερον των Τρωικων. Ibid. [821] Της Λιβυης εν τοις προς ἑσπεραν μερεσιν επι του περατος της οικουμενης. Diodorus Sic. l. 3. p. 186. She likewise was in possession of the νησοι ευδαιμονες, or Islands of the blessed, which lay opposite to her dominions in Africa. [822] Writers mention that she raised over the slain three large mounds of earth, which were called ταφοι Αμαζωνων, the tombs of the Amazons. This shews that the Gorgons and Amazons were the same people, however separated, and represented in a state of warfare. [823] Iliad Β. v. 811. Μυρινα· ονομα κυριον Αμαζονος. Scholia ibid. [824] Diodorus Sicul. l. 4. p. 216, 217, 225, 227, &c. See also Justin. l. 44. c. 4. and Apollodorus. l. 2. p. 100. Hercules of Tyre was said to have been the Son of Athamas, the same as Palæmon. [825] Ludovicus Nonnius in Hispania. p. 196, 170. [826] Diodorus Sicul. l. 4. p. 227. Corunna the same as Kir-Ona. Many Amonian cities of similar analogy to Alesia. [827] Diodorus, above. [828] Χρυσα μηλα--προβατα. Schol. in Apollon. Argonaut. l. 4. v. 1396. εξ Αγροιτου εν γ' Λιβυκων. [829] Τον Ἡρακλεα, συμμαχουντων αυτῳ των θεων, κρατησαι τῃ μαχῃ, και τους πλειστους ανελοντα την χωραν ηξημερωσαι. Diodorus Sicul. l. 4. p. 229. Strabo. l. 5. p. 376. and l. 6. p. 430. [830] Strabo. l. 15. p. 1007. and l. 11. p. 771. Diodorus Sic. l. 2. p. 124.