Αιπυτιον τυμβον, celebrated by Homer. Iliad. β. v. 605.
Αιπυτος, supposed to be the same as Hermes. Ναος Ἑρμου Αιπυτου near Tegea in Arcadia. Pausan. l. 8. p. 696. Part of Arcadia was called Αιπυτις.
[423] Clemens Alexand. Cohort. p. 11. Ανεστεμμενοι τοις οφεσιν επολολυζοντες Ευαν, Ευαν κτλ.
[424] Porphyrii Vita Pythagoræ.
[425] Clement. Alexand. Cohort. p. 29.
[426] The Scholiast upon Pindar seems to attribute the whole to Dionusus, who first gave out oracles at this place, and appointed the seventh day a festival. Εν ᾡ πρωτος Διονυσος εθεμιστευσε, και αποκτεινας τον Οφιν τον Πυθωνα, αγωνιζεται τον Πυθικον αγωνα κατα Ἑβδομην ἡμεραν. Prolegomena in Pind. Pyth. p. 185.
[427] Pausanias. l. 9. p. 749.
[428] Ibid. l. 2. p. 155.
[429] Strabo. l. 9. p. 651.
[430] Ibid.