on. p. 7. l. 43.
[790] Strabo. l. 17. p. 1168.
[791] [Greek: Tas Gorgonas ep' okeanon ousas ton peri polin Iberias ten
Tartesson.] Schol. in Lycophr. ad v. 838.
[792] [Atlas] Apex Perseo et Herculi pervius. Solin. c. 24.
[793] Andromedam Perseus nigris portarit ab Indis. Ovid. Art. Amand. l. 1.
v. 53.
[794] Pausan. l. 4. p. 370.
[795] Pliny mentions these bones being brought from Joppa to Rome in the
aedileship of M. Scaurus; longitudine pedum 40, altitudine costarum Indicos
elephantos excedente, spinae crassitudine sesquipedali. l. 9. c. 5.
[796] Deseritur Taurique jugum, Perseaque Tarsus. Lucan. l. 3. v. 225. See
Solin. c. 38.
[797] Perseam quoque plantam ---- a Perseo Memphi satam. Plin. l. 15. c.
13.
Of Perseus in Cilicia, see Chron. Pasch. p. 39.
[798] Pindar. Pyth. Od. 10. v. 49 and 70. [Greek: Eis to ton Makaron andron
ethnos.] Schol. in v. 70.
[799] Virgil. AEn. l. 7. v. 409.
Ardea a Danae Persei matre condita. Plin. Hist. Nat l. 3. p. 152.
[800] Servius in Virgil. AEn. l. 8.
[801] Diodorus Sic. l. 1. p. 21.
[802] Ibidem.
[803] Herodotus. l. 6. c. 54. See Chron. Paschale. p. 38.
Some make him a Colchian. [Greek: Helioi gar phesin huious genesthai duo en
tois topois ekeinois, hois onomata en Perseus kai Aietes; toutous de
kataschesin ten choran; kai Aieten men Kolchous kai Maiotas, Persea de
Taurikes Basileusai.] Schol. in Apollon. Argonautic. l. 3. v. 199.
[804] [Greek: He de Persou gune Asteria pais en Koiou kai Phoibes; hoi
Koios de kai Phoibe OURANOU paides.] Schol. in Lycophron. v. 1175.
[805] Natalis Comes. l. 7. c. 18.
[806] Schol. in Lycophr. v 18.
Lycophr. v. 17.
[Greek: Ton chrusopatron morphnon--ton Persea.] Schol. in Lycophr. v. 838.
[807] [Greek: Engus tes Nees polios]. 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] [Greek: En larnaki xulinoi]. Schol. in Lycophr. v. 838.
[Greek: En kibotoi tini]. Chron. Pasch. p. 38. from Euripides.
The father of Danae [Greek: eneirxas auten eis ten Kiboton meta tou PAIDOS
katheken eis to pelagos.] 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 Aquae Persianae. See
Apuleii Florida. c. 16. p. 795, and p. 801. They were so named from Perez,
the Sun, to
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