Note 48 — FIRST SECTION.

Herodotus, bk. I. ch. 105., καὶ γὰρ τὸ ἐν Κύπρῳ ἱρὸν ἐνθεῦτεν ἐγένετο, ὡς αὐτοὶ λέγουσι Κύπριοι· καὶ τὸ ἐν Κυθήροισι Φοίνικές εἰσι οἱ ἱδρυσάμενοι, ἐκ ταύτης τῆς Συρίης ἐόντες, (for the Temple in Cyprus was built from it,—i.e. in imitation of the temple of Venus at Ascalon, as the Cyprians themselves admit; and that in Cythera was erected by the Phoenicians, who belong to this part of Syria.). Clemens Alexandrinus, Ad Gentes, p. 10., speaks of Cinyras as having been the man who introduced the temple-service in Cyprus. Comp. Jul. Firmicus, De Error. profan. relig. p. 22. Arnobius, Ad Gentes, bk. V., (for the Temple in Cyprus was built from it,—i.e. in imitation of the temple of Venus at Ascalon, as the Cyprians themselves admit; and that in Cythera was erected by the Phoenicians, who belong to this part of Syria.). Clemens Alexandrinus, Ad Gentes, p. 10., speaks of Cinyras as having been the man who introduced the temple-service in Cyprus. Comp. Jul. Firmicus, De Error. profan. relig. p. 22. Arnobius, Ad Gentes, bk. V.