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OF THE DRUIDS. 177of the antient writers mention the incursion ofHercules intoGaule, when he made war againstGeryon in Spain; which the judicious DiodorusSiculus shows to have been at the head of a powerfularmy, not with his bare club and bow, as ttiepoets feii>n ;and that it was he who built the fortressof Alexia, whereof the siege, many ages afterby Julius Ca'sar, became so famous. Diodoruslikewise tells this story of Parthenius, but withoutnaming Bretannus or Celtina. He onely says*,*'a certain illustrious man, that govern'd a provincein Gaule, had a daughter exceeding the restof her sex, in stature and beauty:who, tho' desjnsingall that made court to her, being of a veryhigh spirit; yet fell in love with Hercules, whosecourage and majestic person she greatly admir'd.With her parent's consent she came to a right understandingwith this hero, who begot on her ason, not unworthy the pair from whom he sprung,either in body or mind. He was call'd Galatesf,succeeded his grandfather in the government,and, becoming renowad for his valor, his subjectswere calFd Galatiansj: after his name, as thewhole country itself Galatia§." This is plainlythe same story, onely that one writer supplies uswith the names, which the otlier omits ; and Ar-Ej/SVETO, &C. (jt,x-xpv.(7a U riu 'Hpc-xXEi iyinr,a-f^ -Jiey ovofA-a, raXarijy 7r?p;09nTiiej/svojUEvo? £7r' ayjpua, tcvi; vtt' avTov rtrayfxtyov^ avof^a^iy at^' savnv 1 'a^.a-rft?, »