Αυτον τον Δια και τον Διονυσον παιδας και νεους ἡ θεολογια καλει. Proclus upon Plato's Parmenides. See Orphic Fragments. p. 406.
[938] Hesychius. The passage is differently read. Kuster exhibits it Αφροδιτος. Ὁδε τα περι Αμαθουντα γεγραφως Παιαν, ὡς ανδρα την θεον εσχηματισθαι εν Κυπρῳ φησιν.
[939] Servius upon Virgil. Æneid. l. 2. v. 632.
[940] Scholia upon Apollon. Rhod. l. 3. v. 52. Των καλουμενων Μοιρων ειναι πρεσβυτεραν. In some places of the east, Venus was the same as Cybele and Rhea, the Mother of the Gods: Περι της χωρας ταυτης σεβουσι μεν ὡς επι ταν την Αφροδιτην, ὡς μητερα θεων, ποικιλαις και εγχωριοις ονομασι προσαγορευοντες. Ptol. Tetrabibl. l. 2.
[941] Apud Calvum Acterianus. Macrob. Sat. l. 3. c. 8. Putant eandem marem esse ac fœminam. Ibidem.
[942] Apud Augustin. de Civitate Dei. l. 4. c. 11. and l. 7. c. 9.
The author of the Orphic verses speaks of the Moon as both male and female.
Αυξομενη και λειπομενη, θηλυστε και αρσην. Hymn 8. v. 4.
Deus Lunus was worshipped at Charræ, Edessa, and all over the east.
[943] Synesius. Hymn 3. p. 26. Edit. H. Steph.