[838] Athenæus. l. 12. c. 512.
[839] Strabo. l. 15. p. 1009. Πλασμα των Ἡρακλειαν ποιουντων.
[840] Nat. Deorum. l. 3. c. 16.
[841] Arrian speaks of this Indian Hercules, together with the others mentioned by Cicero. Ει δε τῳ πιστα ταυτα, αλλος αν ουτος Ἡρακλεης ειη, ουχ ὁ Θηβαιος, η ὁ Τυριος ὁυτος, η ὁ Αιγυπτιος, η τις και κατα ανω χωρην ου ποῤῥω της Ινδων γης ῳκισμενην μεγας βασιλευς. Hist. Ind. p. 319. Varro mentions forty of this name, who were all reputed Deities.
[842] See Ludovicus Nonnius, in Hispan. p. 196, 170.
[843] See Audigier Origines des François. part. 1. p. 225, 230.
[844] Mela. l. 2. c. 5. l. 30.
[845] Petronius. p. 179. Est locus Herculeis aris sacer.
[846] He was worshipped by the Suraceni, a particular Indian nation, who styled him Γηγενης, or the Man of the Earth. Arrian. Hist. Indic. p. 321.
[847] Hercules apud Celtas. See Voss. de Idolat. l. 1. c. 35. l. 2. c. 15.