[923] Arrian. Hist. Ind. p. 318.
[924] Josephus cont. Ap. l. 1. c. 19. p. 451.
[925] Steph. Byzant. Βαβυλων.
[926] Suidas: Σεμιραμις.
[927] Pliny. l. 7. p. 417.
[928] Semiramis teneros mares castravit omnium prima. Marcellinus. l. 14. c. 6.
[929] Σεμιραμις λαγνος γυνη, και μιαιφονος. Athenag. Legatio. p. 307.
[930] Claudian. in Eutrop. l. 1. v. 339.
[931] This is the reason that we find these kingdoms so often confounded, and the Babylonians continually spoken of as Assyrians, and sometimes as Persians. Βαβυλων Περσικη πολις. Steph. Byz.
[932] Strabo. l. 16. p. 1071.