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Brit. (4) 5. 162. A city of Cilicia on the River Cydnus. Not far away was the den of Typhon, of whom Pindar writes ” Typhon of the hundred heads, whom erst the den Kilikian of many names did breed.” (Pyth. 1. 31-2.) Legends are told of the ancient foundation of the city, to which Milton refers as “ancient Tarsus.” Strabo says that it was founded by Argives who went with Trip tole mus: in search of lo. (16. 2. 5.) Joseph us derives its name from Tarshish, grandson of Noah, whom he calls Tharsus, explaining: “The names are spelled here after the manner of the Greeks, to my readers, for our own language does not so spell them please: but the names in all cases are one and the same.” (Antiq. 1. 6. 1.) He identifies with Tarsus the Biblical city of Tarshish. {Antiq. The form used by the Vulgate and elsewhere Tarsis is found (e. g., In Samson 715 Milton apparently make sTars us 8.7.2; 9. 10. 2; cf. Jonah 1.3, etc.) for Tarshish is Bochart, p. 375). Tharsis, the same as Tarshish, since, when he wrote of a “ship of Tarsus,” he had in mind the frequent Biblical mention of “ships of Tarshish.” In the Bible Tarshish is often (2 Chr. 9. 21, etc.) a ociated with Javan, as in Isaiah 66. 19. Bochart identifies it with Tarte us (g. v.) or Gadier in Southern Spain, after discu ing the question at length, and rejecting the identification with Tarsus. (Pp. 195 fif., 662 ff.) The expre ion “ships of Tarshish” is often thought to refer to no particular place, but to mean merchant ve els suitable for long voyages; Tremellius and Junius translate “Tarshish” by ” Ocean us.” {Bihlia Sacra, London, 1585.) ch289.xhtml t 300