[924] Zemissus is the Amonian Sames, or Samesh, analogous to Beth-Shemesh in the Scriptures.
[925] Orphic. Fragment. 4. p. 364. edit. Gesner.
See Stephani Poësis Philosoph. p. 80. from Justin Martyr.
[926] Macrobius. Saturn. l. 1. c. 18. p. 202. He mentions Jupiter Lucetius, and Diespater, the God of day; and adds, Cretenses Δια την ἡμεραν vocant. The Cretans call the day dia. The word dies of the Latines was of the same original.
[927] Diodorus Siculus. l. 1. p. 22.
[928] Chronolog. Canon. p. 32.
[929] Hermesianax.
It may be worth while to observe below, how many Gods there were of the same titles and departments. Παιονιος Διονυσιος. Hesychius. Pæonia Minerva. Plutarch. de decem Rhetoribus.
Παλαιμων Ἡρακλης. Hesychius.
Ιητηρ παντων, Ασκληπιε, δεσποτα Παιαν. Orphic. H. 66.