Ἁλια, Halia, was a festival at Rhodes in honour of the Sun, to whom that Island was sacred. Ῥοδιοι τα Ἁλια τιμωσιν. Athenæus. l. 13. p. 561. The first inhabitants were styled Heliadæ. Diodorus Sic. l. 5. p. 327. And they called the chief temple of the Deity Ἁλιον, Halion. Eustath. ad Hom. Odyss. Ζ. They came after a deluge, led by Ochimus, Macar, and others.
[52] Gruter. Inscript. xl. 9. and lvi. 11.
[53] Macrobii Saturn. l. 3. c. 8.
[54] Pomponius Laetus.
Camilla was in like manner attendant on the Gods.
Cælitum Camilla expectata advenis. Ennius in Medo, ex Varrone de Ling. Lat. p. 71. Edit. Dordrechti. 1619.
[55] Juba apud Plutarchum in Numa. vol. 1. p. 64.
[56] Scholia in Apollon. Rhodium. l. 1. v. 917. So Camœna was rendered Casmœna.
[57] De Amore Fraterno. p. 483.
[58] Isaiah. c. 14. v. 12.