[1124] Diodorus Siculus. l. 5. p. 331.
[1125] Solinus. l. 17.
[1126] Pausanias. l. 3. p. 245.
[1127] Palæphatus. p. 22.
[1128] Dionysiaca. l. 1. p. 42. l. 1. p. 38.
[1129] Strabo. l. 12. p. 867.
[1130] See Radicals. p. 95.
[1131] Places sacred to the Sun had the name of Achad, and Achor. Nisibis was so called. In Achor, quæ est Nisibis. Ephraimus Syrus. Et in Achad, quæ nunc dicitur Nisibis. Hieron. See Geograph. Hebræor. Extera. p. 227. of the learned Michaelis.
The Deity, called Achor, and Achad, seems to be alluded to by Isaiah. c. 65. v. 10. and c. 66. v. 17. Achad well known in Syria: Selden de Diis Syris. c. 6. p. 105.
[1132] Hoffman—Academia. Hornius. Hist. Philos. l. 7.