[325] Amathus was a town on the south coast of Cyprus. It is now called Limasol. Cf. _Herodotus_, v. 104-115; Tacitus (_Ann._, iii. 62); Vergil (_Aeneid_, x. 51). [326] Curium was also a town on the south coast of Cyprus. [327] _Diodorus_ (xvii. 45) says, that after Admetus was killed, Alexander recalled his men from the assault that night, but renewed it next day. [328] Agenor, the father of Cadmus, was the reputed founder of Tyre and Sidon. See _Curtius_, iv. 19. [329] The Tyrians had been encouraged in their resistance by the promise of aid from their colony Carthage. But the Carthaginians excused themselves on the ground of their own difficulties in contending with the Greeks. The Tyrians however despatched their women, children, and old men to Carthage for safety. See _Diodorus_, xvii. 40, 41; _Curtius_, iv. 8 and 15. We learn from _Diod._, xx. 14, that the Carthaginians were in the habit of sending to the Tyrian Hercules the tenth of their revenues. [330] _Diodorus_ (xvii. 46) and _Curtius_ (iv. 19) state that 2,000 Tyrians who had escaped the massacre were hanged on the seashore by Alexander’s order. [331] The end of July and beginning of August B.C. 332. _Diodorus_ (xvii. 46) tells us that the siege lasted seven months. See also _Curtius_ (iv. 20) and Plutarch (_Life of Alexander_, 24). We find from _Strabo_ (xvi. 2) that Tyre again became a flourishing city. [332] About £2,440,000. [333] _Diodorus_ (xvii. 54) puts the arrival of this embassy after Alexander’s conquest of Egypt. _Curtius_ (iv. 21) says that the name of the daughter whom Darius offered to Alexander was Statira. [334] The term Palestine is derived from _Pĕlesheth_, the name given in Hebrew to the coast district in the south-west of Palestine, the inhabitants of which were called _Pĕlishtim_, or Philistines. As this tract of country lay directly between Phoenicia and Egypt, it became known to the Greeks sooner than the rest of the Holy Land, and they called it Syria Palaestinē. The name was gradually extended until it became the usual one for all the Holy Land among Greek and Latin writers. An interesting account of Alexander’s visit to Jerusalem and his dealings with the Jews is found in Josephus (_Antiquities_, xi. 8). [335] Nearly two miles and a half. _Strabo_ (xvi. 2) says that the city was only seven stades from the sea. [336] Gaza is the Greek form of the Hebrew name _Azzah_ (fortress). Its position on the border of Egypt and Palestine has given it importance from the earliest times. It was one of the five cities of the Philistines; and retained its own king till a late period, as we learn from Zechariah ix. 5. It was the scene of a battle between Richard I. and the Saracens. It is now called Guzzeh, with a population of 15,000. [337] Compare _Arrian_, i. 11 and 25; ii. 18. Plutarch (_Alex._, 25) says that the bird was entangled and caught among the nets and cords. See also _Curtius_, iv. 26. [338] A stadium equalled 606-3/4 feet.