[785] Of the Iamidæ, see Herodotus. l. v. c. 44. l. ix. c. 33.
Καλλιον των Ιαμιδεων μαντιν.
[786] Pindar. Ibidem. p. 51.
[787] Pi is the antient Egyptian prefix.
[788] Herodotus. l. 1. c. 62. p. 30.
[789] Apollonius Rhodius. l. 3. v. 1180.
An ox or cow from being oracular was styled Alphi as well as Omphi. Hence Plutarch speaks of Cadmus: Ὁν φασι το αλφα παντων προταξαι. δια το Φοινικας ὁυτω καλειν τον βουν. Sympos. Quæst. 9. 3.
[790] In insulâ Pharo. Pliny. l. 36. c. 12.
[791] Wheeler's Travels, p. 207.
[792] Wheeler. p. 204. Sandys's travels. p. 32.