[100] Orat. 4. p. 150.
[101] Azaz, and Asisus, are the same as Asis and Isis made feminine in Egypt; who was supposed to be the sister of Osiris the Sun.
[102] Την ΜΟΝΑΔΑ τους ανδρας ονομαζειν Απολλωνα. Plutarch. Isis & Osiris. p. 354.
[103] Hence came asso, assare, of the Romans.
Jezebel, whose father was Ethbaal, king of Sidon, and whose daughter was Athaliah, seems to have been named from Aza-bel; for all the Sidonian names are compounds of sacred terms.
[104] Places, which have this term in their composition, are to be found also in Canaan and Africa. See Relandi Palæstina. vol. 2. p. 597. Joseph. Ant. l. 8. c. 2. Hazor, the chief city of Jabin, who is styled king of Canaan, stood near Lacus Samochonites. Azorus, near Heraclea, in Thessaly, at the bottom of Mount Œta. Hazor is mentioned as a kingdom, and, seemingly, near Edom and Kedar. Jeremiah. c. 49. v. 30. 33.
[105] Hazor in Sicily stood near Enna, and was, by the Greeks, rendered Ασσωρος, and Ασσωρον. Azor and Azur was a common name for places where Puratheia were constructed. See Hyde. Relig. Pers. c. 3. p. 100.
[106] The country about the Cayster was particularly named Asia.
Ασιῳ εν λειμωνι Καϋστριου αμφι ρεεθρα. Homer. Iliad. Β. v. 461.
Of these parts see Strabo. l. 13. p. 932.