Littoribus tenuisse Lirim."
Upon which latter Gesner says, that as Marica was a nymph from whom the river received its name,—
"Hinc patet Lirim atque Maricam fuisse duo unius fluminis nomina."
But I will not insist upon these examples even with the support of Gesner, because Marica may have been a district situate on the sea-shore, and because, in the former passage, "littus Assyrium" may mean the Syrian coast, which is washed by the Mediterranean.
But to go to another author, in book x. of Lucan's Pharsalia will be found (line 244.):
"Vel quod aquas toties rumpentis littora Nili
Assiduè[3] feriunt, coguntque resistere flatus."
This seems to be a clear case of the Nile breaking its banks, and is conclusive. Again, in book viii. l. 641.:
"Et prior in Nili pervenit littora Cæsar."
[3] Sc. Zephyri.