[909] The people plowed, and sowed, and had fruits, and pastures, within their walls.
[910] 2 Kings. c. 17. v. 6. and c. 18. v. 11. and v. 34. Isaiah. c. 10. v. 9. c. 37. v. 13.
[911] Diodorus Sicul. l. 2. p. 90.
[912] Diodorus Sicul. l. 1. p. 91.
[913] Ibid. p. 92.
[914] Ἁυτη μεν απεδεξατο χωματα ανα το πεδιον εοντα αξιοθεητα. Herod. l. 1. c. 184.
Such χωματα were raised by the Amonians in all places where they settled, called ταφοι.
Four such were in Troas. Εισι μεν ουν λοφοι τετταρες, Ολυμπιοι καλουμενοι. Strabo. l. 10. p. 720. There were such also of the Amazons in Mauritania.
[915] She carried back but twenty men, according to Strabo. l. 15. p. 1051.
[916] Chron. Paschale. p. 36. Semiramis was, we find, Rhea: and Rhea was the same as Cybele, the mother of the Gods: την Ῥεαν, Κιβελην, και Κυβην, και Δινδυμηνην. Strabo. l. 10. p. 721.