379 G. Perrot et Ch. Chipiez, _Histoire de l’Art dans l’Antiquité_, iii. 566-578. The colossal statue found at Amathus may be related, directly or indirectly, to the Egyptian god Bes, who is represented as a sturdy misshapen dwarf, wearing round his body the skin of a beast of the panther tribe, with its tail hanging down. See E. A. Wallis Budge, _The Gods of the Egyptians_ (London, 1904), ii. 284 _sqq._; A. Wiedemann, _Religion of the Ancient Egyptians_ (London, 1897), pp. 159 _sqq._; A. Furtwängler, _s.v._ “Herakles,” in W. H. Roscher’s _Lexikon der griech. und röm. Mythologie_, i. 2143 _sq._ 380 However, human victims were burned at Salamis in Cyprus. See below, p. 145. M89 The Baal of Tarsus, an Oriental god of corn and grapes. 381 See above, p. 41. 382 For traces of Phoenician influence in Cilicia see F. C. Movers, _Die Phoenizier_, ii. 2, pp. 167-174, 207 _sqq._ Herodotus says (vii. 91) that the Cilicians were named after Cilix, a son of the Phoenician Agenor. 383 As to the fertility and the climate of the plain of Tarsus, which is now very malarious, see E. J. Davis, _Life in Asiatic Turkey_ (London, 1879), chaps. i.-vii. The gardens for miles round the city are very lovely, but wild and neglected, full of magnificent trees, especially fine oak, ash, orange, and lemon-trees. The vines run to the top of the highest branches, and almost every garden resounds with the song of the nightingale (E. J. Davis, _op. cit._ p. 35). 384 Strabo, xiv. 5. 13, pp. 673 _sq._ 385 Dio Chrysostom, _Or._ xxxiii. vol. ii. pp. 14 _sq._, 17, ed. L. Dindorf (Leipsic, 1857). 386 F. C. Movers, _Die Phoenizier_, ii. 2, pp. 171 _sq._; P. Gardner, _Types of Greek Coins_ (Cambridge, 1883), pl. x. Nos. 29, 30; B. V. Head, _Historia Numorum_ (Oxford, 1887), p. 614; G. F. Hill, _Catalogue of Greek Coins of Lycaonia, Isauria, and Cilicia_ (London, 1900), pp. 167-176, pl. xxix.-xxxii.; G. Macdonald, _Catalogue of Greek Coins in the Hunterian Collection_ (Glasgow, 1899-1905), ii. 547; G. Perrot et Ch. Chipiez, _Histoire de l’Art dans l’Antiquité_, iv. 727. In later times, from about 175 B.C. onward, the Baal of Tarsus was completely assimilated to Zeus on the coins. See B. V. Head, _op. cit._ p. 617; G. F. Hill, _op. cit._ pp. 177, 181. M90 The Baal of Tarsus has his counterpart at Ibreez in Cappadocia. The pass of the Cilician Gates. 387 Sir W. M. Ramsay, _Luke the Physician, and other Studies in the History of Religion_ (London, 1908), pp. 112 _sqq._ M91 The rock-sculptures at Ibreez represent a god of corn and grapes adored by his worshipper, a priest or king.