[196] Αινων εγγυς του Σαλειμ. Eusebius de locorum nominibus in sacrâ Script. Ain On, tons solis. Salim is not from Salem, peace; but from Sal, the Sun, the Sol of the Latines. Salim, Aquæ solis; also Aquæ salsæ.
[197] St. John. c. 3. v. 23.
[198] Pythagoras used to swear by τετρακτυν παγαν αενναου φυσεως. See Stanley of the Chaldaic Philosophy, and Selden de Diis Syris. Synt. 2. c. 1. p. 135.
Και πηγη πηγων, και πηγων πειρας ἁπασων. Oracle concerning the Deity, quoted in notes to Iamblichus. p. 299.
[199] Athenagor. Legatio. p. 293.
[200] The Amonians dealt largely in fountain worship: that is, in the adoration of subordinate dæmons; which they supposed to be emanations and derivatives from their chief Deity. They called them Zones, Intelligences, Fountains, &c. See Psellus and Stanley upon the Chaldaic Philosophy. p. 17. c. 3.
See Proclus on the Theology of Plato. l. 5. c. 34. p. 315.
[201] Edita de magno flumine Nympha fui. Ovid. Epist. 5. v. 10.
Some make her the daughter of Cebrenus; others of the river Xanthus.
[202] Plin. N. H. l. 4. c. 12.