[988] Diodorus Sic. l. 2. p. 94.
[989] Marcellinus. l. 23. p. 288.
[990] Ibidem. It should be Regis prudentissimi; for Hystaspes was no king.
[991] Rerum Franc. l. 1. He adds, Ab hoc etiam ignem adorare consueti, ipsum divinitus igne consumptum, ut Deum colunt.
[992] Αστρον ζωον. Clemens Recognit. l. 4. c. 28. p. 546. Greg. Turonensis supra. Some have interpreted the name αστροθυτης.
[993] Προσαγορευουσι και Συριον. Pr. Evan. l. 1. p. 27. Some would change it to Σειριον: but they are both of the same purport; and indeed the same term differently expressed. Persæ Συρη Deum vocant. Lilius Gyrald. Synt. 1. p. 5.
[994] Joshua. c. 15. v. 58.
[995] 1 Maccab. c. 4. v. 61. called Beth-Zur. 2 Chron. c. 11. v. 7. There was an antient city Sour, in Syria, near Sidon. Judith. c. 2. v. 28. it retains its name at this day.
[996] Βηθσουρ. Antiq. l. 8. c. 10.
The Sun was termed Sehor, by the sons of Ham, rendered Sour, Surius, Σειριος by other nations.