nomenon].

[876] Pindar. Olympic. Ode 1. p. 8.

[877] [Greek: Ton huper kephalas Tantalou lithon]. Pindar. Isthm. Ode 8. p.
482.

[878] [Greek: Alkaios, kai Alkman lithon phasin epaioreisthai Tantaloi.]
Scholia upon Pindar. Olymp. Ode 1. p. 8.

[879] [Greek: Pine legei to toreuma, kai orgia manthane siges]. Antholog.

[880] Scholia upon Lycophron. v. 152.

[881] Scholia upon Pindar. Olymp. Ode 1. p. 8.

[882] Pindar. Scholia. Ibidem.

[883] Justin. Martyr ad Tryphonem. p. 168. The rites of Mithras were styled
Patrica.

[884] Gruter. Inscript. p. xlix. n. 2.

[885] Indiculus Paganiarum in Consilio Leptinensi ad ann. Christi 743.

See du Fresne Gloss, and Hoffman. Petra.

Nullus Christianus ad fana, vel ad Petras vota reddere praesumat.

[886]

[Greek: Ou men pos nun estin hupo druos, oud' hupo petres]
[Greek: Toi oarizemenai, hate parthenos, eitheos te,]
[Greek: Parthenos, eitheos t' oarizeton alleloisin.] Homer. Iliad. [chi].
v. 126.

[Greek: Lithomotai, demegoroi, epi tou lithou omnuntes]. Hesychius.

[887] Pindar. Pyth. Ode 4. p. 248.

[Greek: Petraios timaitai Poseidon para Thettalois]. Scholia ibidem.

[888] Zeus was represented by a pyramid: Artemis by a pillar. [Greek:
Puramidi de ho Meilichios, he de kioni estin eikasmene]. Pausan. l. 2. p.
132.

[889] Pausanias. l. 1. p. 104.

According to the acceptation, in which I understand the term, we may
account for so many places in the east being styled Petra. Persis and India
did not abound with rocks more than Europe; yet, in these parts, as well as
in the neighbouring regions, there is continually mention made of Petra:
such as [Greek: Petra Sisimithrou] in Sogdiana, Petra Aornon in India,
[Greek: kai ten tou Oxou (Petran), hoi de Ariamazou]. Strabo. l. 11. p.
787. Petra Abatos in Egypt, [Greek: Petra Nabataia] in Arabia. Many places
called Petra occur in the history of Alexander: [Greek: Helein de kai
Petras erumnas sphodra ek prodoseos]. Strabo. l. 11. p. 787. They were in
reality sacred eminences, where of old they worshipped; which in aftertimes
were fortified. Every place styled Arx and [Greek: Akropolis] was
originally of the same nature. The same is to be observed of those styled
Purgoi.

[890] Gruter. Inscript. lxxxvi. n. 8.

[891] Xenophon. [Greek: Kuroupaideia].

[892] Nonnus. Dionysiac. l. ix. p. 266.

[893] Pausanias. l. 7. p. 577.

[894] [Greek: ALPHITON, to apo neas krithes, e sitou pephurmenon aleuron.]
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