[943] A fragment of the work of Androsthenes descriptive of his voyage is preserved by Athenæus (iii. p. 936).
[944] Probably Ramses. Its ruins are at Abu-Kesheb.
[945] Probably the projection now called Ras-al-Had.
[946] Cf. Arrian (Indica, 32).
[947] About 90 miles. This canal fell into the Persian Gulf at Teredon. No trace of it now remains.
[948] The Hebrew name for Armenia is Ararat (2 Kings xix. 37; Isa. xxxvii. 38; Jer. li. 27).
[949] The country called Assyria by the Greeks is called Asshur (level) in Hebrew. In Gen. x. 11 the foundation of the Assyrian kingdom is ascribed to Nimrod; for the verse ought to be translated: “He went forth from that land into Asshur.” Hence in Micah v. 6, Assyria is called the “land of Nimrod.”
[950] The Hebrew name for Babylon is Babel, i.e. Bab-Bel, court of Bel: porta vel aula, civitas Beli (Winer). In Jer. xxv. 26; li. 41, it is called Sheshach, which Jewish commentators, followed by Jerome, explain by the Canon Atbash, i.e. after the alphabet put in an inverted order. According to this rule the word Babel, which is the Hebrew name of Babylon, would be written Sheshach. Sir Henry Rawlinson, however, says it was the name of a god after whom the city was named; and the word has been found among the Assyrian inscriptions representing a deity.
[951] The perfect passive δεδόμημαι is equivalent to the Epic and Ionic form δέδμημαι.