[366] Theocritus. Idyll. 2. v. 45. Scholia.
It is still common in the Arabian Gulf, and in India; and is often expressed Dive, and Diva; as in Lacdive, Serandive, Maldive. Before Goa is an island called Diu κατ' εξοχην.
[367] Βαιθηλ, οικος Θεου. Hesychius.
Βαιθηλ, θεοις ναος. Suidas.
[368] Elisa, called Eliza, Elesa, Eleasa, Ελεασα. 1 Maccab. c. 9. v. 5. and c. 7. v. 40. often contracted Lesa, Lasa, &c.
[369] Pocock's Travels. vol. 2. p. 106.
[370] Iablonsky. vol. 1. l. 1. c. 1. p. 4. de Gulielmo Tyrio, ex libro 21. c. 6.
[371] Herodotus. l. 2. c. 41.
[372] Strabo. l. 17. p. 1167.
[373] Ταυτα μεν ουν Ερατοσθενης ἱστορηκεν· την δε μεγαλην μαχην προς Δαρειον ουκ εν Αρβηλοις—αλλα εν Γαυγαμηλοις γενεσθαι συνεπεσεν· σημαινειν δε φασιν οικον Καμηλου την διαλεκτον. Plutarch. vita Alexand. vol. 1. p. 683.