She likewise was in possession of the νησοι ευδαιμονες, or Islands of the blessed, which lay opposite to her dominions in Africa.
[822] Writers mention that she raised over the slain three large mounds of earth, which were called ταφοι Αμαζωνων, the tombs of the Amazons. This shews that the Gorgons and Amazons were the same people, however separated, and represented in a state of warfare.
[823] Iliad Β. v. 811. Μυρινα· ονομα κυριον Αμαζονος. Scholia ibid.
[824] Diodorus Sicul. l. 4. p. 216, 217, 225, 227, &c. See also Justin. l. 44. c. 4. and Apollodorus. l. 2. p. 100.
Hercules of Tyre was said to have been the Son of Athamas, the same as Palæmon.
[825] Ludovicus Nonnius in Hispania. p. 196, 170.
[826] Diodorus Sicul. l. 4. p. 227.
Corunna the same as Kir-Ona.
Many Amonian cities of similar analogy to Alesia.
[827] Diodorus, above.