Note 219 — BOOK XXXIV
Evelyn S. (Evelyn Shirley) Shuckburgh translation
Panchaia or Panchēa, the fabulous island or country in the Red Sea or Arabian gulf, in which Euhemerus asserted that he had discovered the inscriptions which proved the reputed gods to have been famous generals or kings. Plutarch, Is. et Osir. 23, Diodor. fr. 6, 1. The Roman poets used the word as equivalent to “Arabian.” See Verg. Georg. 2, 139.