Historical Dissertation on Abaris

and he rushes into the crowd without a name in the middle,
and he kills Fadus, and Hebesus, and Rhoetus, and Abaris,
unaware.

And Josephus original: "(δ) Antiq. Iud. L. V. c. VIII. p. 132. ed. Lipz. 1696. f." also attributes this name to a certain mountain, on which Moses departed from life, as can be read in Deuteronomy ch. XXXII, v. 49, and which was situated opposite Jericho: "As he came," he says, "to the mountain called Abaris, this is a high mountain lying opposite Jericho." The same Josephus original: "(ε) Ibid. L. I. c. IV." also mentions the same, citing Nicolaus of Damascus, when he says: "There is a great mountain in Armenia above Minyas, called Abaris, where it is said that many fled for refuge during the flood and were saved. And one person, riding on an ark, ran aground on the summit, and the remains of the wood were preserved for a long time." From this, Fuller Nicholas Fuller (1557–1626), an English theologian and Hebraist. thinks that this mountain, since the remains of the Baris, or Noah's Ark, had been preserved there for a long span of time, acquired that name Abaris from thence; and that not only that mountain but also the temple which was built in that place was so named, because perhaps the remains of that ship were deposited in that temple. Regarding this, therefore, I have no doubt whether Abaris is sometimes a proper name; but I am uncertain whether this was the proper name of our philosopher, and not with better right an epithet. Since, however, it matters little whether Abaris was the proper name of our philosopher or not, there is no need for me to say more words on this matter. I think I should speak briefly about the various names by which some writers claim our philosopher was called.

§. III.

Among those, therefore, who seem to attribute various names to Abaris, let the Greek interpreter of Aristophanes original: "(ζ) In Equit. Act. II. Sc. II. v. 35. p. 331. ed. Aem. Porti. Geneuae 1607. f." occupy the first place, who calls him Baris: "And thus," he says, "as if