[12] Genesis xvi. 7; xviii. 1-8, 16-33; xix. 1-22; xxxii. 1, 2.
[13] Herodotus: Euterpe cxlii, cxliv.
[14] Genesis vi. 1, 2, 4.
“Soc. Do you know that heroes are half-gods?
“Herm. What then?
“Soc. All of them were doubtless begotten either from a god falling in love with a mortal woman, or from a mortal man [falling in love] with a goddess.”
—Plato: Cratylus, or Concerning the Correct Use of Words.
[15] A stadium is equal to 600 Greek or 625 Roman feet, or to 606 feet 9 inches English measure.
[16] Respecting the names of the persons appearing in the narrative Plato observes: “We must briefly warn you not to be surprised at hearing Hellenic names given to the barbarians; the cause of this you shall now hear. Solon, intending to make use of this narrative in his poetry, made an investigation into the signification of the names, and found that the early Egyptians who recorded these facts transferred these names into their own language; and he again receiving the meaning of each name transcribed it into our tongue.”
[17] “Πᾶσα ἡ νῆσος τότε πέλαγος ἐσχεν ἑπωνυμίαν, Ἀτλαντικὸν λεχθέν.”