Note 122 — CHUS;
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Geryon of Spain was, according to this mythology of the poet, the son of Chrusaor; and Chrusaor was confessedly of Egyptian original: so that, whatever the fable may allude to, it must have been imported into Bœtica from Egypt by some of the sons of Chus. The Grecians borrowed this term, and applied it to Apollo; and from this epithet, Chrusaor, he was denominated the God of the golden sword. Homer accordingly styles him, [122]Απολλωνα Χρυσαορα: and, speaking of Apollo's infancy, he says, [123]Ουδ' αρ' Απολλωνα Χρυσαορα θησατο μητηρ: and Diana is termed [124]Αυτοκασιγνητη Χρυσαορος Απολλωνος.