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amnisos and 1lithyi a.
[chap.
Strabo tells us that Minos used as his port Amnisos,
where there was a temple of Ilithyia30; and we learn
from Pausanias31, that the Cretans used to believe Ili-
thyia to have been born there. It is amusing to read
Eustathius's notice of the etymological propriety of
assigning to that Goddess a place called Amnisos32. Be-
sides the city and port, with their celebrated cavern and
temple, there was a river known by the same name33,
which was a favourite resort of Artemis34, and her at-
tendant nymphs35.
Dionysius Periegetes36 has thought proper to use the
word Amnisos where we should rather have expected
him to name the whole island : he says, " many islands
are seen to the north of Amnisos." Its frequent men-
30 StRABO, x. p. 476. Mtfto 06 (paaiv tTriveiw ^pi\(ra<rQai Tto Apviaio,
vttov to t^s EtXetOui'as lepov.
31 pausanias, i, p. 42. KprjTe? oe ^aJpas T7/s Kvwarias ev Apvicrd)
yeveaQai vop.it^ov&iv WiXeidviav.
32 eustathius, on Odyss. t. p. 1861. Haw ce e7r£0e£i6us 6 pudoi
iireXe^aTO tov ApvMjadi> Trj E'iXei.Ovia ets dia.Tpi(iy')v, eTrei&rj to /3pe<pos
TilviKavTGL eis <pu>s eXevOei, oirep EtX.ei6uta? epyov eaTiu, <os Kal rj IA.ta\'
iSijXuxrev, bir^viKa ov ourarai p.eveiv KaTa ya(TTpo<s. tovto yap 6 Ajumco-os
aSs old tis ap.evi<T(rd<s tS> rjxV 'T^s Xe'^etos irapawiTTeTai,
33 Nonnus, Dionys. viii. 115.
YeLTOvoi ApvuroZo \e\iuiov eSpaKev vcwp.
Suidas, Apviaos, TroTa^ds Kp?jTtjs. Schol. Brev. on Odyss. T. v. 188.
Apvicros, ttoXis Kal TTOTapds KptjT?;?. schol. Ambr. B. ApvLads—ecTi
<5e Kal ttotapos Kpjjrjjs. Scholia on Callimachus, Hymn to Ar-
temis, 15. ApVLCTOS, TTOTapLOS Kpt)t?)s.
34 Apollonius Rhodius, hi. 877.
'He Kal Apviaoio Xoerrcrapevr} iroTapoio
YjOi/cret'ois Ar)T(ots e(p' dppaaiv eo"t?jina.
35 Callimachus, Hymn to Artemis, 15.
Aos Se p.oi dpfpiiroXovs Au.vicrL5a$ e'Licocri vipomas.
SxEPHANUS ByZANT. Apviaos ttoXl's Kpj/Tjjs. al tovtov vvp<pai Apvi-
crid&es Kal A/xi/to-toes, a passage in which it has been conjectured by several
learned men that kul iroTap.6^ has fallen out before Kp?jT?7s, but where, per-
haps, it is still more likely that iroTapb<s should be received instead of the
present reading tt6Xi<s. Artemis and her attendant nymphs delighted to fre-
quent rivers, and never dwelt in cities. See Spanheim, on the passage of
Callimachus just quoted.
36 Dionysius Periegetes, v. 498.
IloWai 6' ApvLffolo fiopeLOTepai. opouwraL.
amnisos and 1lithyi a.
[chap.
Strabo tells us that Minos used as his port Amnisos,
where there was a temple of Ilithyia30; and we learn
from Pausanias31, that the Cretans used to believe Ili-
thyia to have been born there. It is amusing to read
Eustathius's notice of the etymological propriety of
assigning to that Goddess a place called Amnisos32. Be-
sides the city and port, with their celebrated cavern and
temple, there was a river known by the same name33,
which was a favourite resort of Artemis34, and her at-
tendant nymphs35.
Dionysius Periegetes36 has thought proper to use the
word Amnisos where we should rather have expected
him to name the whole island : he says, " many islands
are seen to the north of Amnisos." Its frequent men-
30 StRABO, x. p. 476. Mtfto 06 (paaiv tTriveiw ^pi\(ra<rQai Tto Apviaio,
vttov to t^s EtXetOui'as lepov.
31 pausanias, i, p. 42. KprjTe? oe ^aJpas T7/s Kvwarias ev Apvicrd)
yeveaQai vop.it^ov&iv WiXeidviav.
32 eustathius, on Odyss. t. p. 1861. Haw ce e7r£0e£i6us 6 pudoi
iireXe^aTO tov ApvMjadi> Trj E'iXei.Ovia ets dia.Tpi(iy')v, eTrei&rj to /3pe<pos
TilviKavTGL eis <pu>s eXevOei, oirep EtX.ei6uta? epyov eaTiu, <os Kal rj IA.ta\'
iSijXuxrev, bir^viKa ov ourarai p.eveiv KaTa ya(TTpo<s. tovto yap 6 Ajumco-os
aSs old tis ap.evi<T(rd<s tS> rjxV 'T^s Xe'^etos irapawiTTeTai,
33 Nonnus, Dionys. viii. 115.
YeLTOvoi ApvuroZo \e\iuiov eSpaKev vcwp.
Suidas, Apviaos, TroTa^ds Kp?jTtjs. Schol. Brev. on Odyss. T. v. 188.
Apvicros, ttoXis Kal TTOTapds KptjT?;?. schol. Ambr. B. ApvLads—ecTi
<5e Kal ttotapos Kpjjrjjs. Scholia on Callimachus, Hymn to Ar-
temis, 15. ApVLCTOS, TTOTapLOS Kpt)t?)s.
34 Apollonius Rhodius, hi. 877.
'He Kal Apviaoio Xoerrcrapevr} iroTapoio
YjOi/cret'ois Ar)T(ots e(p' dppaaiv eo"t?jina.
35 Callimachus, Hymn to Artemis, 15.
Aos Se p.oi dpfpiiroXovs Au.vicrL5a$ e'Licocri vipomas.
SxEPHANUS ByZANT. Apviaos ttoXl's Kpj/Tjjs. al tovtov vvp<pai Apvi-
crid&es Kal A/xi/to-toes, a passage in which it has been conjectured by several
learned men that kul iroTap.6^ has fallen out before Kp?jT?7s, but where, per-
haps, it is still more likely that iroTapb<s should be received instead of the
present reading tt6Xi<s. Artemis and her attendant nymphs delighted to fre-
quent rivers, and never dwelt in cities. See Spanheim, on the passage of
Callimachus just quoted.
36 Dionysius Periegetes, v. 498.
IloWai 6' ApvLffolo fiopeLOTepai. opouwraL.