[2632] The Mediterranean.
[2633] Od. book iv. line 83. See Strabo’s remarks on this reading of Zeno, book i. chap. ii. § 34, page 66.
[2634] See the notes on these various monsters, book i. chap. ii. § 35, p. 68.
[2635] The Riphæan Mountains were probably the chain of the Ural Mountains, which separate Russia from Siberia.
[2636] This mountain is unknown.
[2637] The Gorgons were Stheino, Euryalé, and Medusa, the daughters of Phorcys and Ceto. See also book i. chap. ii. § 8, page 29.
[2638] The Hesperides were the daughters of Night. They dwelt on an island on the western edge of the world. See also Apollodorus, book ii. chap. v. § 11.
[2639] Ælian, Var. Histor. book iii. chap. 18, says that Theopompus related an interview between Midas, king of Phrygia, and Silenus, in which Silenus reported the existence of an immense continent, larger than Asia, Europe, and Africa taken together, and that amongst others a race of men called Meropes occupied several extensive cities there.
[2640] Ephorus speaks of the Cimmerii who dwelt round the Lake Avernus. See Strabo, book v. chap. iv. § 5, page 263.
[2641] See Strabo, book ii. chap. iv. § 2, page 158.