[831] Arrian. Hist. Indica. p. 321. [832] Herod. l. 4. c. 9. Aristid. Orat. v. 1. p. 85. [833] Ovid. Metam. l. 11. v. 218. [834] Poculo Herculem vectum ad Erytheiam. Macrob. Sat. l. 5. c. 21. Apollodorus. l. 2. p. 100. Schol. Apollon. Argonaut. l. 4. v. 1396. from Pherecydes Syrus; and from the Libyca of Agroitas. Λαβων χρυσουν δεπας παρ' Ἡλιου--δια του ωκεανου πλειν. [835] Strabo. l. 3. p. 237. He was supposed to have been the founder of Tartossus, where he was worshipped under the name of Archaleus. Etymolog. Mag. Γαδαρα. [836] Syncellus. p. 171. [837] Pomponius Mela. l. 3. c. 6. [838] Athenæus. l. 12. c. 512. [839] Strabo. l. 15. p. 1009. Πλασμα των Ἡρακλειαν ποιουντων. [840] Nat. Deorum. l. 3. c. 16. [841] Arrian speaks of this Indian Hercules, together with the others mentioned by Cicero. Ει δε τῳ πιστα ταυτα, αλλος αν ουτος Ἡρακλεης ειη, ουχ ὁ Θηβαιος, η ὁ Τυριος ὁυτος, η ὁ Αιγυπτιος, η τις και κατα ανω χωρην ου ποῤῥω της Ινδων γης ῳκισμενην μεγας βασιλευς. Hist. Ind. p. 319. Varro mentions forty of this name, who were all reputed Deities. [842] See Ludovicus Nonnius, in Hispan. p. 196, 170. [843] See Audigier Origines des François. part. 1. p. 225, 230. [844] Mela. l. 2. c. 5. l. 30. [845] Petronius. p. 179. Est locus Herculeis aris sacer. [846] He was worshipped by the Suraceni, a particular Indian nation, who styled him Γηγενης, or the Man of the Earth. Arrian. Hist. Indic. p. 321. [847] Hercules apud Celtas. See Voss. de Idolat. l. 1. c. 35. l. 2. c. 15. [848] Eumenius in Orat. pro Scholis instaurandis. See Lilius Gyraldus, Synt. 10. p. 330. [849] Suetonius in Augusto. c. 29. Livy. l. 40. c. 51. [850] Johan. Sambuci Emblemata. [851] He was the same as Osiris, the Sun. Τον εν πασι και δια παντων Ἡλιον. Macrob. Saturn. l. 1. c. 20. p. 207. See Porphyry apud Euseb. Præp. Evang. l. 3. p. 112. [852] See Lilius Gyraldus Syntag. 10. p. 592. Pausanias expresses the name Αιχμαγορας. l. 8. p. 624. [853] Lilius Gyrald p. 595. [854] In the following extracts we may see the character of this Deity among different nations. Ἡρακλεα δε ὁντινα ες Ινδους αφικεσθαι λογος κατεχει παρ' αυτοισιν Ινδοισιν Γηγενεα λεγεσθαι· τουτον τοι Ἡρακλεα μαλιστα προς Συρασηνων γεραιρεσθαι, Ινδικου εθνους. Arrian. Hist. Ind. p. 321. Αλλα τις αρχαιος εστι θεος Αιγυπτιοισι Ἡρακλεης· ὡς δε αυτοι λεγουσι ετεα εστι επτακισχιλια και μερια ες Αμασιν βασιλευσαντα. Herod. l. 2. c. 43. Αλλ' ισμεν Αιγυπτιους, ὁσον τινα αγουσιν Ἡρακλεα, και Τυριους, ὁτι πρωτον σεβουσι Θεων. Aristid. Orat. v. 1. p. 59. He had at Tyre a Temple, as old as the city. Εφασαν γαρ ἁμα Τυρῳ οικιζομενῃ και το Ἱερον του θεου ἱδρυνθηναι. Herod. l. 2. c. 44. Εστι γαρ εν Τυρῳ Ἱερον Ἡρακλεους παλαιοτατον, ὡν μνημῃ ανθρωπινῃ διασωσεται· ου του Αργειου Ἡρακλεους. κ. λ. Arrian. Expedit. Alex. p. 88. [855] Diodorus Sic. l. 3. p. 195. 196. and p. 200.