[735] L. 2. p. 107. Others gave another reason. Πρυτανειον εκαλειτο, επειδη εκει εκαθηντο ὁι Πρυτανεις, ὁι των ὁλων πραγματων διοικηται. Ibid.
[736] Julius Pollux. l. 1. c. 1. p. 7.
[737] Πρυτανειον εστιν, εν ᾡ νομοι του Σολωνος εισι γεγραμμενοι. Pausan. l. 1. p. 41.
[738] Plutarch in Solone. p. 92.
[739] L. 41. p. 1152.
[740] L. 8. p. 649. Mount Caucasus was denominated, as is supposed, from a shepherd Caucasus. The women, who officiated in the temple, were styled the daughters of Caucasus, and represented as Furies: by which was meant priestesses of fire.
Caucasi filiæ Furiæ. See Epiphanius Anchorat. p. 90.
[741] Lycophron. Scholia. v. 1225. Και Καλλιμαχος Εριννυν καλει Δημητρα. Ibid.
Neptune is said to have lain with Ceres, when in the form of a Fury. Apollodorus. l. 3. p. 157. She is said from thence to have conceived the horse Areion.
Lycophron alludes to her cruel rites, when he is speaking of Tantalus, and Pelops.