Ovid. Metamorph. l. 1. v. 121.
[421] Strabo. l. 8. p. 564.
It is mentioned by Thucydides: Ες τον Καιαδαν, ὁυπερ τους κακουργους εμβαλλειν ειωθεισαν (ὁι Λακεδαιμονιοι.) l. 1. c. 134.
It is expressed Κεαδας by Pausanias; who says that it was the place, down which they threw Aristomenes, the Messenian hero. l. 4. p. 324.
[422] Strabo. Ibidem.
Huic monstro Vulcanus erat pater: illius atros
Ore vomens ignes, magna se mole ferebat. Virgil. Æn. l. 8. v. 193.
[424] Strabo. l. 8. p. 564.
[425] Iliad. l. 1. v. 266.