Cf. Vigenere, Images des Philostrates, p. 773. Par. 1627.
[1138]. Anab. iv. 5. 35.
[1139]. Iliad. ε. 192, seq.
[1140]. Sch. Pind. Pyth. iv. 1.
[1141]. Sch. Aristoph. Nub. 110.
[1142]. Strab. xi. 13. p. 453. Τούς δὲ Νησαίους ἵππους, οἷς ἐχρῶντο οἱ βασιλεῖς ἀρίστοις οὖσι καὶ μεγίστοις. Cf. Herod. i. 189, on the sacred horses of Persia.
[1143]. Suid. v. ἱππος Νισαῖος. t. i. p. 1271. d. who relates that, according to some, the breed was found near the Erythrean Sea.
[1144]. Herod. ix. 20. Cf. Il. ε. 583. δ. 142, seq. In Philostratus we find mention made of a black Nisæan mare with white feet, large patch of white on the breast, and white nostrils.—Icon. ii. 5. p. 816.
[1145]. Hist. Anim. vii. 6.
[1146]. Il. β. 760, sqq.