[54] This word is Egyptian and Phœnician alike. It is composed of the words אור (aur), light, and רפא (rophœ), cure, salvation.
[55] Eurydice, in Greek Εὐρυδίκη, comes from the Phœnician words ראה (rohe), vision, clearness, evidence, and דך (dich), that which demonstrates or teaches: these two words are preceded by the Greek adverb εὖ, which expresses all that is good, happy, and perfect in its kind.
[56] Plat., In Phædon. Ibid., In Panegyr. Aristot., Rhet., l. ii., c. 24. Isocr., Paneg. Cicero, De Leg., l. ii. Plutar., De Isid. Paus., In Phoc., etc.
[57] Théodoret, Therapeut.
[58] Philo, De Vitâ Mosis, l. i.
[59] Jamblic., De Vitâ Pythag., c. 2. Apul., Florid., ii. Diog. Laërt., l. viii.
[60] Voyage du jeune Anacharsis, t. i., Introd., p. 7.
[61] Meurs., De Relig. Athen., l. i., c. 9.
[62] Apollon., l. iii., p. 237.
[63] Hygin., Fabl., 143.