[2951] See B. iii. c. 17. Called Cotiscoliæ by Strabo. They were of a salt and aluminous nature.
[2952] See B. iv. c. 2.
[2953] Pausanias calls it the “Elaphus.”
[2954] Isidorus, in his “Origines,” calls it the “Lechnus.”
[2955] In Thessaly, probably, according to Stephanus Byzantinus.
[2956] Ἄλφος; from which the lake probably derived its name. It has been suggested that the source of the river Anigrus in Elis is meant. Its waters had an offensive smell, and its fish were not eatable; and near it were caverns sacred to the Nymphs Anigrides, where persons with cutaneous diseases were cured. The water of these caverns is impregnated with sulphur.
[2957] Possibly the M. Titius who was proscribed by the Triumvirs, B.C. 43, and escaped to Sex. Pompeius in Sicily.
[2958] See B. v. c. 22.
[2959] “Cassius Parmensis.” See the end of this Book.
[2960] According to some authorities, he alludes to the still famous waters of Spa; but it is more probable that he alludes to the spring still in existence at the adjacent town of Tongres, which was evidently well known to the Romans, and is still called the “Fountain of Pliny.”