yram, et propter
amoenitatem loci, et propter _fontium_ ubertatem occupavere. l. 13. c. 7.
[323] Conformably to what I say, Ekron is rendered [Greek: Akkaron] by the
Seventy. 1 Samuel c. 6. v. 15.
So also Josephus Antiq. Jud. l. 6. c. 1. p. 312.
In Achore vestigia Accaronis: Selden de Dijs Syris. Syntag. 6. p. 228.
[Greek: Ou zetesousi Muian theon Akkaron.] Gregory Nazianz. Editio Etonens.
1610. Pars secunda cont. Julianum. p. 102.
In Italy this God was styled by the Campanians, [Greek: Herakles Apomuios.]
See Clemens. Cohort. p. 33.
The place in Egypt, where they worshipped this Deity, was named Achoris;
undoubtedly the same, which is mentioned by Sozomen. l. 6. c. 18.
[324] Clemens Alexand. Cohort. p. 44.
He quotes another, where the fate of Ephesus is foretold:
[Greek: Huptia d' oimoxeis Ephesos klaiousa par' ochthais,]
[Greek: Kai Neon zetousa ton ouketi naietaonta.]
There is a third upon Serapis and his temple in Egypt;
[Greek: Kai su Serapi lithous argous epikeimene pollous,]
[Greek: Keise ptoma megiston en Aiguptoi tritalainei.]
The temple of Serapis was not ruined till the reign of Theodosius. These
three samples of Sibylline poetry are to be found in Clemens above.
[325] Achad was one of the first cities in the world. Genesis. c. 10. v.
10.
Nisibis city was named both Achad and Achar. See Geographia Hebraea Extera
of the learned Michaelis. p. 227.
[326] Stephanus Byzant.
[327] Lutatius Placidus upon Statius. Theb. l. 1. v. 718.
[328] Heliodori AEthiopica. l. 4. p. 175.
[329] Heliodori AEthiopica. l. 10. p. 472.
[330] Diodorus Siculus. l. 5. p. 327.
[331] Apollonius Rhod. of the Heliadae. l. 4. v. 604.
[332]
Chamsi, seu Solares, sunt Arabice Shemsi vel Shamsi.
Hyde Religio Vet. Pers. p. 523. and 575.
Cham being pronounced Sham, and Shem, has caused some of his posterity to
be referred to a wrong line.
[333] Callimachus. Hymn to Apollo. v. 19.
[334] Nicander Alexipharmica. v. 11.
[335] Pausanias. l. 10. p. 827.
[336] It is, however, to be found in Euripides, under the term [Greek:
ochos]. Theseus says to Adrastus:
[Greek: Ek tou d' elauneis hepta pros Thebas Ochous.] Supplices. v. 131.
[337] From Uc and Uch came the word euge: also [Greek: euche, euchomai,
euchole], of the Greeks. Callimachus abounds with antient Amonian terms. He
bids the young women of Argos to receive the Goddess Minerva,
[Greek: Sun t' euagoria
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