It was called also Abur, or Abaris, as well as Athur. In after times it was rebuilt; and by Herodotus it is styled Cercasora. By Athuria is to be understood both the city and the district; which was part of the great Nome of Heliopolis.
[72] Orphic. Argonaut. v. 1323.
[73] Athenagoræ Legatio. p. 293.
Proserpine (Κορα) was also called Athela, ibid.
[74] Apollonius Rhodius. l. 3. v. 52.
[75] Homer. Iliad. Κ. v. 37.
[76] Homer. Iliad. Ψ. v. 94.
[77] Homer. Odyss. Ξ. v. 147.
Ath-El among many nations a title of great honour.
[78] Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 5. c. 31.