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ἔμβολον. Dio Chrysostom (Or. xxxvi. p. 48), an eyewitness, repeats this comparison, which may refer to Cape Stanislav, half-way between the mouths of the two rivers. He is the only author besides H. in whom the name Hippolaus appears; no doubt the early Greek settlers invented a ‘horse’ hero to suit the native habits.

ἱρὸν Δήμητρος. Demeter's head is the principal type on the Olbian coins (cf. Head, H. N. 272). There is a v. l. μητρός, i. e. ‘of Cybele’; one coin gives a head with a mural crown, the mark of Cybele; but even this head has a wreath of corn also, so that it might be that of Demeter.

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