[124] To—the name Βόσπορος is derived from βοὸς πόρος, the passage of the Cow.
[125] So Virgil calls them Indomitique Dahæ. In the Georgics, also, he speaks of the Chalybes as producers of iron. At Chalybes nudi ferrum.
[126] Or triennial, from τρεῖς, three; and ἒτος, a year.
[127] From Διόσκουροι, the sons of Jupiter, i.e., Castor and Pollux.
[128] From ἡνίοχος, a charioteer.
[129] The old name was Ἂξεινος, inhospitable; turned into εὔξεινος, friendly to strangers—εὐήθης, according to etymology, would mean "of a good disposition:" εὐφρόνη, "the time when people have happy thoughts;" Εὐμενίδες, "deities of propitious might."
[130] A people living in one of the islands near Sicily, and changed by Jupiter as related, Ov. Met. xiv., into monkeys.
[131] Two of the chief giants, Hom. Od. xi.
[132] A time spoken of by Pliny as before the fourth watch.
[133] These books are lost.