[1133] Jn. Lydus, De Magistr., iii, 52, et seq.
[1134] Ibid., Procopius, loc. cit.
[1135] Jn. Lydus, loc. cit.
[1136] Zachariah Mytil., viii, 5. Cavades demanded 500 lb. of gold (£20,000) each year.
[1137] Al Mundhir (Nöldeke).
[1138] Zachariah Mytil., loc. cit.; cf. Procopius, De Bel. Pers., i, 17.
[1139] Zachariah Mytil., loc. cit. This account seems to emanate from a contemporary native of Syria; cf. Procopius, De Bel. Pers., ii, 28. Al Lât and Al Uzzâ, names of a lascivious duality, held sway at Mecca till overthrown by Mahomet. This Arab, like most of his tribe, appears to have possessed a subtle wit, a circumstance which was utilized for the invention of a skit pointed at the Monophysites. It was related that two bishops of that sect, paying him a visit in the hope of converting him to Christianity, found him apparently in a state of great despair. On being questioned, Alamundar replied that he was shocked at having just heard of the death of the archangel Michael. The missionaries assured him that the death of an angel was an impossibility. “How then,” exclaimed the Arab, “can you pretend that Christ, being very God, died on the cross, if he had but one divine nature?” The bishops retired discomfited; Theodore Lect., ii, 35, etc.
[1140] Rufinus, x, 10; Socrates, i, 20, etc. A Christian captive, a female, won over the royal family by miraculous cures, etc.
[1141] In the classical period Iberia was the usual name for Spain among the Greeks.
[1142] Jn. Malala, xvii, etc. The tables (see [p. 90]) of his cloak, were embroidered with the likeness of Justin.