[525] 2 Kings iii. 27; see below.
[526] Diod. 13, 86.
[527] Diod. 20, 14.
[528] Plut. "De Superstitione," p. 171; Sil. Ital. 4, 767.
[529] Numen virginale; virgo cælestis.
[530] De Luynes, "Numism." pl. v.; Hockh. "Kreta," 1, 98.
[531] Lucian, "De Dea Syria," 4, 32; Augustin, "De Civitate Dei," 2, 26.
[532] Movers, "Religion der Phœn." s. 605, 611, 621 ff.
[533] Procop. "De bello Persico," 2, 28.
[534] Lucian, "De Dea Syr." 15, 27, 43, 50, 51.