Note 2109 — Chapter I
W. (William) Falconer translation
These words in parenthesis seem to have been interpolated by the transcribers of our author. Both Temesa and Tamassus were rich in metal, but the spelling of the name in Homer is more in accordance with Temesa than Tamassus, and other poets have alluded to it, as Ovid. Met. xv. 706,
“Evincitque fretum, Siculique angusta Pelori, Hippotadæque domos regis, Temesesque metalla.”
And Fast. v. 441,
“... Temesæaque concrepat æra.”
And Statius, Silv. i. 42,
“Et cui se toties Temese dedit hausta metallis.”