Πατριδος αστυ πολισσον ***
** βαρυγουνον ἑον ποδ* **. Nonnus l. 4. p. 130*.
[1150] L. 4. p. 128.
[1151] Vossius de Idol. vol.3. Comment. in Rabbi M. Maimonidem de Sacrificiis. p. 76.
[1152] Justin Martyr. 1. Apolog. p. 60.
See Radicals. p. 59.
[1153] Europa was the same as Rhea, and Astarte. Lucian. Dea Syria.
[1154] Hence Nonnus alluding to the Tauric oracle, which Cadmus followed, calls it Assyrian: by this is meant Babylonian; for Babylonia was in aftertimes esteemed a portion of Assyria.
Ασσυριην δ' αποειπε τεης ἡγητορα πομπης. l. 4. p. 128.
[1155] Eusebius. P. E. l. 1. c. 10. p. 40.