[479] L. 6. p. 345.
[480] Strabo. l. 10. p. 683. It was supposed to have had its name from Ellops, the Son of Ion, who was the brother of Cothus.
[481] Callimachus. H. in Delon. v. 292. Ευαιων, Eva-On, Serpens Sol.
[482] Athenagoras. Legatio. p. 294. Ηρακλης Χρονος.
[483] Athenag. p. 295. Ἡρακλης Θεος—δρακων ἑλικτος.
[484] It is said to have been named Rhodus from Rhod, a Syriac for a serpent. Bochart. G. S. p. 369.
[485] Ενταυθα μυθυουσι τους Οφιογενεις συγγενειαν τινα εχειν προς τους οφεις. Strabo. l. 13. p. 850. Ophiogenæ in Hellesponto circa Parium. Pliny. l. 7. p. 371.
[486] Pausan. l. 8. p. 614.
[487] Aristoph. Plutus. Schol. v. 718.
[488] L. 3. c. 96. Strabo. l. 10. p. 692.