[716] Josephus calls Egypt Mestra. Antiq. l. 1. c. 6. §. 2. See Radicals, p. 8. Notes.
[717] Ὁ πρωτος οικησας την Μεστραιαν χωραν, ητοι Αιγυπτον, Μεστραιμ. Euseb. Chron. p. 17.
[718] Herodotus. l. 2 c. 55.
[719] Ovid Metam. l. 5. v. 341. Most temples of old were courts of justice; and the priests were the judges, who there presided.
Ælian. V. H. l. 14. c. 34. Δικασται το αρχαιον παρ' Αιγυπτιοις ὁι ἱερεις ησαν.
[720] Oratio in Verrem. 5. Sect. ultima. vol. 3. p. 291.
[721] Ceres is mentioned by Varro quasi Geres. l. 4. p. 18.
[722] Hesychius. Αχειρω.
[723] Repentur in poematiis antiquis, a Pithæo editis, carmen in laudem Solis; quod eum esse Liberum, et Cererem, et Jovem statuit. Huetius. Demonst. Evang. Prop. 4. p. 142.
[724] Cœlius. Rhodog. l. 17. c. 27.