[779] Hymn to Venus of Salamis. See Homer Didymi. vol. 2. p. 528.
The names of the sacred hymns, as mentioned by Proclus in his Χρηστομαθεια, were Παιανες, Διθυραμβος, Αδωνις, Ιο Βακχον, Ὑπορχηματα, Εγκωμια, Ευκτικα. Photius. c. 236. p. 983.
[780] Diodorus. l. 5. p. 213.
[781] Idque a Θριαμβῳ Græco, Liberi Patris cognomento. Varro de linguâ Lat. l. 5. p. 58.
[782] Diodorus Siculus. l. 5. p. 213.
[783] Epiphanius—adversus Hæres. l. 3. p. 1093.
[784] Pindar. Olympic Ode vi. p. 53.
Iamus, supposed by Pindar to have been the son of Apollo; but he was the same as Apollo and Osiris. He makes Apollo afford him the gift of prophecy:
Ενθα ὁι ωπασε
Θησαυρον διδυμον μαντοσυνας (Απολλων). Ibid. p. 53.